Total bridges
69
Public highway bridges in Edwards County
County profile · official public datasets
Edwards County, KS
69 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 26.1% rated Good, 69.6% Fair, 4.3% Poor.
- 69
- Public bridges
- 26.1%
- Good condition
- 4.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Edwards County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 54th
- of 104 on Poor share
- 4.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 69
- public highway bridges
- 1970
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Edwards County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Edwards County ranks #54 of 104 Kansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.3%). Edwards County, Kansas contains 69 public highway bridges. Roughly 26.1% are rated “Good,” 69.6% “Fair,” and 4.3% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
26.1%
18 of 69 rated 7-9
Fair condition
69.6%
48 of 69 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.3%
3 of 69 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#54 of 104
Among Kansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 69 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 26.1% (18)
Fair 69.6% (48)
Poor 4.3% (3)
Edwards County's Poor-condition bridges carry 140 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 47 crossings a day against 990 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 69 of 69 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
58% of Edwards County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
40 of the 69 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 26.1% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 42.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
110 Ave over TRIB. TO ARKANSAS RIVER, built 1940, carries 60 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 140 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Edwards County's bridges were built
69 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 5
1930–1939
5 bridges
- 1940s 6
1940–1949
6 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
12 bridges
- 1960s 7
1960–1969
7 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
18 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
12 bridges
- 1990s 2
1990–1999
2 bridges
- 2000s 3
2000–2009
3 bridges
- 2010s 3
2010–2019
3 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 18 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 26.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1970) matches the Kansas average (1972).
How Edwards County compares with Kansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Kansas counties nearest Edwards County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1970 against a peer-group mean of 1964 is 6 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 103 Kansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas County | 82 | 63.4% | 34.1% | 2.4% | 1966 |
| Finney County | 78 | 67.9% | 29.5% | 2.6% | 1972 |
| Kearny County | 72 | 41.7% | 58.3% | 0% | 1968 |
| Edwards County (this page) | 69 | 26.1% | 69.6% | 4.3% | 1970 |
| Hamilton County | 68 | 88.2% | 11.8% | 0% | 1955 |
| Gray County | 66 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0% | 1961 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Edwards County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Edwards County, both outside Kansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside KS (69 bridges here).
- Irwin County, GA · 69 bridges
- Barry County, MI · 69 bridges
- Maries County, MO · 69 bridges
- Bowman County, ND · 69 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside KS (1970 here).
- Hamilton County, OH · avg 1970 · 783 bridges
- Yavapai County, AZ · avg 1970 · 543 bridges
- Garfield County, OK · avg 1970 · 504 bridges
- San Luis Obispo County, CA · avg 1970 · 401 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (48)
RS 1909 100 Road
FairOver: LITTLE COON CREEK
2.5N OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1978 Load: 7.8 t ADT: 70
RS 1491 20 Road
FairOver: TRIB. LITTLE COON CREEK
7.0N OF OFFERLE, Edwards, KS
Built 1954 Load: 8.9 t ADT: 35
LOCAL MARSH AVE.
FairOver: COON CREEK
IN KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1938 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 400
L Road
FairOver: LITTLE COON CREEK
2.5N OF OFFERLE, Edwards, KS
Built 1970 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 50
East 8th St.
FairOver: COON CREEK
0.5E OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1935 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 100
40 Road
FairOver: LITTLE COON CREEK
3.5N 2.5E OF OFFERLE, Edwards, KS
Built 1930 Load: 11.8 t ADT: 50
RS 953 50 Road
FairOver: COON CREEK
5.0S 4.7W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1941 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 50
RS 953 50 Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO COON CREEK
3.0S 4.5W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1950 Load: 12.7 t ADT: 85
RS 226 J Road
FairOver: LITTLE COON CREEK
4.5N 1.5E OF OFFERLE, Edwards, KS
Built 1941 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 35
RS 1491 20 Road
FairOver: COON CREEK
3.5S OF OFFERLE, Edwards, KS
Built 1952 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 80
RS 220 S Road
FairOver: S. WILD HORSE CREEK
8.0S 2.3E OF LEWIS, Edwards, KS
Built 1979 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 90
90 Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO BIG COON CREEK
5.5N 1.0W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1973 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 50
280 Road
FairOver: RATTLESNAKE CREEK
10.9S 1.5E OF BELPRE, Edwards, KS
Built 1968 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 40
E Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO COON CREEK
7.5N 2.5W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1968 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 50
C Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO SAWMILL CREEK
9.5N 0.5E OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1973 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 50
190 Road
FairOver: N. FORK RATTLESNAKE CK.
7.6S 1.0E OF LEWIS, Edwards, KS
Built 1970 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 50
RS 223 T Road
FairOver: RATTLESNAKE CREEK
0.5S 2.0E OF TROUSDALE, Edwards, KS
Built 1978 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 150
RS 1491 10 Road
FairOver: TRIB.TO COON CREEK
1.5S OF OFFERLE, Edwards, KS
Built 1964 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 80
L Road
FairOver: LITTLE COON CREEK
2.5N 2.0E OF OFFERLE, Edwards, KS
Built 1982 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 75
C Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO SAWMILL CREEK
9.5N 1.5E OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1970 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 50
180 Road
FairOver: N. FORK RATTLESNAKE CK.
7.8S OF LEWIS, Edwards, KS
Built 1970 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 50
U Road
FairOver: RATTLESNAKE CREEK
11.0S 1.0E OF BELPRE, Edwards, KS
Built 1945 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 40
90 Road
FairOver: COON CREEK
0.5S 0.75W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1990 Load: 16.4 t ADT: 50
110 Road
FairOver: COON CREEK
1.0N 1.0E OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1981 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 60
290 Road
FairOver: RATTLESNAKE CREEK
10.3S 2.5E OF BELPRE, Edwards, KS
Built 1970 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 50
US56 HWY
FairOver: COON CREEK
2.28 MI NE US183, Edwards, KS
Built 1935 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 3,050
RS 951 G Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO LITTLE COON CRK
7.5N OF OFFERLE, Edwards, KS
Built 1952 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 35
RS 1490 G Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO COON CREEK
5.0N 1.0W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1960 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 30
80 Road
FairOver: COON CREEK
1.5S 1.5W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1955 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 60
110 Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO COON CREEK
4.5N 1.0E OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1970 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 50
110 Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO COON CREEK
3.0N 1.0E OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1975 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 50
G Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO COON CREEK
5.0N 1.5E OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1965 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 75
LOCAL BRIGGS AVE.
FairOver: COON CREEK
0.5S OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1930 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 300
300 Road
FairOver: RATTLESNAKE CREEK
9.0S 3.5E OF BELPRE, Edwards, KS
Built 1975 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 50
L Road
FairOver: LITTLE COON CREEK
3.5W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1972 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 150
H Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO COON CREEK
4.0N 2.0E OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1976 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 50
250 Road
FairOver: RATTLESNAKE CREEK
13.0S 1.5W OF BELPRE, Edwards, KS
Built 1970 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 40
60 Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO LITTLE COON CK.
4.0W 4.5N OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1986 Load: 23.5 t ADT: 35
G Road
FairOver: COON CREEK
5.5N 3.0E OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1984 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 50
RS 219 270 Road
FairOver: S. WILD HORSE CREEK
6.0S OF BELPRE, Edwards, KS
Built 1988 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 265
70 Road
FairOver: COON CREEK
3.0S 2.5W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1979 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 50
J Road
FairOver: LITTLE COON CREEK
2.0N 0.5W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1984 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 35
60 Road
FairOver: COON CREEK
3.7S 3.5W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1984 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 35
270 Road
FairOver: RATTLESNAKE CREEK
10.7S 0.5E OF BELPRE, Edwards, KS
Built 2004 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 50
30 Road
FairOver: WILD HORSE CREEK
1.0N 3.0E OF BELPRE, Edwards, KS
Built 1950 Load: 46.5 t ADT: 50
90 Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO LITTLE COON CK.
4.0N 1.0W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1989 Load: 48.5 t ADT: 50
40 Road
FairOver: COON CREEK
5.5S 5.5W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1988 Load: 49.4 t ADT: 40
70 Road
FairOver: TRIB. TO COON CREEK
1.5S 2.5W OF KINSLEY, Edwards, KS
Built 1957 Load: 64.4 t ADT: 40
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