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US83 Hwy over Cimarron River

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

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

US83 Hwy over Cimarron River in Seward County, Kansas, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1965, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,981 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 14 inventoried bridges in Seward County rated fair (35.7%); 0 (0.0%) 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 steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 1,397 ft
Location	5.57 Mi N US83/K51 Jct
NBI structure number	999908300880051
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
U83 Hwy over UP RR & 8TH Street	1993	10,290	Good
U83 Hwy By-pass over Local Drainage	1951	8,801	Good
US83 Hwy over Cimarron River Drainage	1965	3,981	Good
US-54 Hwy WB over Rs 2420	2005	3,525	Good
US-54 Hwy EB over Rs 2420	2005	3,525	Good
US54 Hwy over Cimarron River	1987	2,837	Good