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US-160 Hwy over Medicine River

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

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

US-160 Hwy over Medicine River in Barber 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 1995, making it 30 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,237 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 109 of the 241 inventoried bridges in Barber County rated good (45.2%); 2 (0.8%) 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 prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 784 ft
Location	0.41 Mi E Wjct US-281
NBI structure number	999916000040411
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US160 Hwy over Ba Co St Lake Drg	2014	3,047	Good
US281 Hwy over Elm Creek Drainage	1949	2,493	Good
US-281 Hwy over Elm Creek	1995	2,493	Fair
US160 Hwy over Elm Creek	1937	1,939	Good
US-281 Hwy over Elm Creek Drainage	1995	1,313	Good
US-281 Hwy over Elm Creek Drainage	1995	1,313	Good