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US56 Hwy over Pawnee River

Pawnee County, Kansas · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

US56 Hwy over Pawnee River in Pawnee County, Kansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1953, making it 72 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,232 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 97 of the 163 inventoried bridges in Pawnee County rated fair (59.5%); 6 (3.7%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous concrete tee beam
Length	about 194 ft
Location	15.85 Mi NE US183
NBI structure number	999905600730031
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US56 Hwy over Ash Creek Drainage	1934	4,884	Fair
US-56 Hwy over Ash Creek	1994	4,884	Good
K-19s Hwy over Arkansas River	1996	2,257	Good
K-19s Hwy over Pawnee River	1996	2,257	Fair
K156 Hwy over Pawnee River Drainage	1936	2,206	Good
K-156 Hwy over Pawnee River Drainage	2004	2,206	Good