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US50/US400 Hwy over Arkansas River Drainage

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

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

US50/US400 Hwy over Arkansas River Drainage in Ford 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 1936 and reconstructed in 1981, making it 89 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,828 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 112 of the 223 inventoried bridges in Ford County rated good (50.2%); 0 (0.0%) 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
2nd. AVENUE over Arkansas River	1935	14,615	Fair
Wyatt Earp Blvd over Arkansas River Drainage	1956	12,965	Good
US-56/US283 over BNSF R.R.	1985	11,688	Good
Wyatt Earp Blvd over Arkansas River Drainage	1951	11,265	Good
Wyatt Earp Blvd over Arkansas River Drainage	1985	11,265	Fair
S. 14th Ave. over Park St. Drainage Canal	1957	9,585	Fair