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US160 Hwy over Slate Creek

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

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

US160 Hwy over Slate Creek in Sumner 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 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,627 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 311 of the 658 inventoried bridges in Sumner County rated fair (47.3%); 16 (2.4%) 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 374 ft
Location	7.10 Mi E K271
NBI structure number	999916000960641
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-35 Hwy SB (kta) over K-53 Hwy	1956	12,849	Good
I-35 Hwy NB (kta) over K-53 Hwy	1956	12,849	Good
U-160 Hwy over Hargis Creek	2024	11,788	Good
I-35 Hwy SB (kta) over BNSF Railway	1956	11,227	Fair
I-35 Hwy NB (kta) over BNSF Railway	1956	11,227	Fair
I-35 Hwy SB (kta) over Ninnescah River	1956	11,227	Fair