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US-183 Hwy over Saline River

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

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

US-183 Hwy over Saline River in Ellis 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 2009, making it 16 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,975 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 140 of the 275 inventoried bridges in Ellis County rated good (50.9%); 14 (5.1%) 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 659 ft
Location	13.85 Mi N Jct I-70
NBI structure number	999918300260591
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
E. 27TH. St. over Chetolah Creek	1955	9,800	Good
E 13TH Street over Chetolah Creek	1945	9,315	Fair
E 27TH St over I70 Hwy Nl-sl	1964	8,835	Good
I70 Hwy WB over Walker Avenue	1965	8,718	Good
I70 Hwy EB over Walker Avenue	1965	8,718	Good
I70 Hwy WB over Walker Creek	1965	8,718	Good