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K156 Hwy over Pawnee River Drainage

Finney County, Kansas · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

K156 Hwy over Pawnee River Drainage in Finney County, Kansas, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1932 and reconstructed in 1963, making it 93 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,765 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 79 inventoried bridges in Finney County rated poor (2.5%); 2 (2.5%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Main Street over Drainage Ditch #1	1953	24,090	Fair
K156 & Campus Dr over Drainage Ditch	1953	10,090	Good
College Drive over Drainage Ditch #1	1978	9,570	Good
US50/US83 Hwy over Arkansas River Drainage	1973	9,481	Good
US50 US83 Hwy over Irrigation Drainage	1985	8,598	Good
Us-50/us-83 Hwys over K-156 Hwy	1995	8,598	Good