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U83 Hwy over UP RR & 8TH Street

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

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

U83 Hwy over UP RR & 8TH Street in Seward County, Kansas, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1993 and reconstructed in 2022, making it 32 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10,290 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 9 of the 14 inventoried bridges in Seward County rated good (64.3%); 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


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 565 ft
Location	.489 Mi N of U54/u83 Jct
NBI structure number	999908300880081
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
U83 Hwy By-pass over Local Drainage	1951	8,801	Good
US83 Hwy over Cimarron River Drainage	1965	3,981	Good
US83 Hwy over Cimarron River	1965	3,981	Fair
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