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K85 Hwy over South Fork Solomon River

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

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

K85 Hwy over South Fork Solomon River in Graham 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 1957, making it 68 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 274 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 59 of the 142 inventoried bridges in Graham County rated fair (41.5%); 10 (7.0%) 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 concrete tee beam
Length	about 407 ft
Location	0.71 Mi S US24
NBI structure number	999908500330331
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US283 Hwy over S Fk Solomon R Drainage	1936	1,790	Good
US24 Hwy over S Fk Solomon R Drainage	1933	1,453	Good
US24 Hwy over S Fk Solomon R Drainage	1963	1,453	Good
US24 Hwy over S Fk Solomon R Drainage	1933	1,453	Good
US283 Hwy over South Fork Solomon River	1963	1,418	Good
US283 Hwy over Saline R Drainage	1967	1,324	Fair