Driftwood Road
Carrying Driftwood Road over DRIFTWOOD CREEK
1.5N 2.0W OF HARDTNER, Barber, Kansas
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
Driftwood Road in Barber, Kansas sits above 82% of rated Kansas bridges on inventory load rating (42 t), while its 2006 build year is earlier than 10% of Barber's recorded-year cohort (241 bridges).
Driftwood Road in Barber, Kansas is rated Good in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 2006, it carries 1 rated component on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, and its weakest reported component scores 7. The lowest applicable rating sets the federal condition category, so this Good result describes the weakest reported component rather than the structure as a whole. No NBI category is a closure decision or a live crossing-safety verdict.
NBI record plate
Structure KS:000040671507080
POST-2000 · CONCRETE · LONG-SPAN-RUN · CULVERT-LED · TRACE-ADT · HEAVY-LOAD · CAT-GOOD
- POST-2000 2000+
- CONCRETE Concrete
- LONG-SPAN-RUN 5 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- TRACE-ADT Trace ADT
- HEAVY-LOAD Heavy load
- CAT-GOOD Good
Inspection-sheet codes from this record’s year, material family, spans, controlling component, ADT, inventory load, and NBI category, not a live closure verdict.
Bridge Snapshot: Driftwood Road
The Driftwood Road bridge in Barber, Kansas carries Driftwood Road over DRIFTWOOD CREEK. It was built in 2006, making it 20 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 5 sections, stretching 18.4 meters (60 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 25 vehicles, placing it in the lower-traffic tier of Kansas bridges. It is owned and maintained by County Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection records show culvert at 7/9. The weakest component sits in good condition. None of this bridge's reported major components fall into the Poor condition range.
How Driftwood Road compares
Age against the county: built in 2006, earlier than 24 of Barber's 241 bridges with a recorded construction year (10%), against a county median build year of 1974. This is one of the newer structures in its county.
Live comparison across Kansas bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (24,893 of 24,894 rated).
Driftwood Road vs every rated Kansas bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
42 Top 18% higher than 82% of 24,893 bridges
rated Kansas bridges, bucketed by value
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Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · August 2026
Condition Ratings
Full 0–9 scale + sufficiency-rating breakdown: how condition ratings work.
Barber inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 241 bridges in this county. Orthogonal to this structure's component profile above: a county catalog share, not a live crossing-safety verdict.
Structural Details
- Year Built
- 2006
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 5
- Structure Length
- 18.4 m (60 ft)
- Deck Width
- 9.0 m (30 ft)
- Owner
- County Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 25 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 000040671507080
Location
Data Source
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
FHWA NBI Program ↗How to read this record
This page shows what the last federal inspection recorded, not whether Driftwood Road is safe to cross today. Here is how to use it.
- NBI condition ratings reflect the latest record in this annual dataset, not a live status. Current routine inspection intervals are risk-based.
- Learn how the 0–9 condition scale and Good/Fair/Poor categories are defined. How condition ratings work
- Compare Driftwood Road against other structures in Barber and across Kansas. Kansas bridges
- Noticed visible damage or a safety concern? Report it to the agency that owns the bridge, or call 911 in an emergency. How to report a bridge
Condition codes come straight from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory and are not a real-time safety judgment. Only the owning agency, a state DOT, county, or other owner, can post, restrict, or close a bridge.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do the condition ratings mean for Driftwood Road?
Driftwood Road in Barber, Kansas on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is Driftwood Road inspected?
Driftwood Road's responsible agency sets its routine interval under FHWA's risk-based inspection rules; this page does not expose the scheduled interval. It carries about 25 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. Driftwood Road is currently shown as Good condition from its component ratings; that category is not a live closure or safety decision.
What is the inventory load rating for Driftwood Road?
Driftwood Road has an NBI inventory load rating of 41.5 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining Driftwood Road?
Driftwood Road is owned and maintained by County Highway Agency.
How old is Driftwood Road and does age affect safety?
Driftwood Road was built in 2006, making it 20 years old.
Disclaimer: Bridge condition data is from the FHWA NBI and reflects the last reported inspection. A Poor condition rating is not a live declaration that a bridge is closed or unsafe for travel. For current closure, posting, or safety information, contact the responsible transportation agency.
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