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US50 Hwy over Cottonwood Riv Drng

Chase County, Kansas · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

US50 Hwy over Cottonwood Riv Drng in Chase County, Kansas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1933 and reconstructed in 1996, making it 92 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,202 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 92 of the 191 inventoried bridges in Chase County rated good (48.2%); 14 (7.3%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	7	Good condition

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Kansas department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Rs 92 over Collet Creek	1955	120,128	Fair
I-35 Hwy SB (kta) over S. Fork Cottonwood River	1956	9,014	Good
I-35 Hwy NB (kta) over S. Fork Cottonwood River	1956	9,014	Good
I-35 Hwy SB (kta) over Little Cedar Creek	1956	9,014	Good
I-35 Hwy NB (kta) over Little Cedar Creek	1956	9,014	Good
I35 Hwy (kta)el-wl over Shaw Creek	1955	9,014	Good