BOOTH CREEK ROAD
Carrying BOOTH CREEK ROAD over BOOTH CREEK
4.5S 0.5W OF OLDSBURG, Pottawatomie, Kansas
Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026
FHWA NBI record, refreshed with each annual release.
BOOTH CREEK ROAD in Pottawatomie, Kansas sits above 10% of rated Kansas bridges on inventory load rating (14 t), while its 1973 build year is earlier than 55% of Pottawatomie's recorded-year cohort (303 bridges).
BOOTH CREEK ROAD in Pottawatomie, Kansas is rated Good in the FHWA's 2024 National Bridge Inventory. Built in 1973, 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:000750895803865
INTERSTATE-ERA · CONCRETE · MULTI-SPAN · CULVERT-LED · LOCAL-ADT · LIGHT-LOAD · CAT-GOOD
- INTERSTATE-ERA 1950–1979
- CONCRETE Concrete
- MULTI-SPAN 3 spans
- CULVERT-LED Culvert-led
- LOCAL-ADT Local ADT
- LIGHT-LOAD Light 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.
Structural health score
A composite of the deck, superstructure, and substructure NBI condition ratings plus the inventory load rating, benchmarked against the full national bridge corpus, distinct from the Good/Fair/Poor category above.
Bridge Snapshot: BOOTH CREEK ROAD
The BOOTH CREEK ROAD bridge in Pottawatomie, Kansas carries BOOTH CREEK ROAD over BOOTH CREEK. It was built in 1973, making it 53 years old today. The structure is built primarily of concrete and spans 3 sections, stretching 13.3 meters (44 feet) end to end. Daily traffic averages 50 vehicles, placing it in the lower-traffic tier of Kansas bridges. It is owned and maintained by County Highway Agency.
The latest FHWA inspection places the weakest component in good condition (see the full component ratings below). None of this bridge's reported major components fall into the Poor condition range.
How BOOTH CREEK ROAD compares
Age against the county: built in 1973, earlier than 166 of Pottawatomie's 303 bridges with a recorded construction year (55%), against a county median build year of 1979. Age is not a defect on its own, but it is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn.
Live comparison across Kansas bridges with a recorded inventory load rating (24,893 of 24,894 rated).
BOOTH CREEK ROAD vs every rated Kansas bridge
Inventory load rating (metric tons), FHWA NBI, this state
14 Top 90% higher than 10% 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.
Pottawatomie inventory by recorded NBI category
Exclusive Good/Fair/Poor bands across all 303 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
- 1973
- Material
- Concrete
- Number of Spans
- 3
- Structure Length
- 13.3 m (44 ft)
- Deck Width
- 6.7 m (22 ft)
- Owner
- County Highway Agency
- Avg Daily Traffic
- 50 vehicles/day
- Structure Number
- 000750895803865
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 BOOTH CREEK 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 BOOTH CREEK ROAD against other structures in Pottawatomie 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 BOOTH CREEK ROAD?
BOOTH CREEK ROAD in Pottawatomie, Kansas on the FHWA's 0–9 scale.
How often is BOOTH CREEK ROAD inspected?
BOOTH CREEK 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 50 vehicles per day.
What does “structurally deficient” mean in older bridge reports?
FHWA retired that reported status beginning with the 2018 archive. BOOTH CREEK 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 BOOTH CREEK ROAD?
BOOTH CREEK ROAD has an NBI inventory load rating of 13.6 metric tons.
Who is responsible for maintaining BOOTH CREEK ROAD?
BOOTH CREEK ROAD is owned and maintained by County Highway Agency.
How old is BOOTH CREEK ROAD and does age affect safety?
BOOTH CREEK ROAD was built in 1973, making it 53 years old.
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