Total bridges
109
Public highway bridges in Gove County
County profile · official public datasets
Gove County, KS
109 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45% rated Good, 53.2% Fair, 1.8% Poor.
- 109
- Public bridges
- 45%
- Good condition
- 1.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Gove County posts a top-quartile lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 23%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 1.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 109
- public highway bridges
- 1968
- 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.
Gove County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Gove County ranks #24 of 104 Kansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.8%). Gove County, Kansas contains 109 public highway bridges. Roughly 45% are rated “Good,” 53.2% “Fair,” and 1.8% “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
45%
49 of 109 rated 7-9
Fair condition
53.2%
58 of 109 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1.8%
2 of 109 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#24 of 104
Among Kansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 109 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 45% (49)
Fair 53.2% (58)
Poor 1.8% (2)
Gove County's Poor-condition bridges carry 220 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 110 crossings a day against 1,215 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 109 of 109 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
77.1% of Gove County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
84 of the 109 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 45% 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 63.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
S ROAD (RS 272) over TRIB. TO HACKBERRY CREEK, built 1938, carries 140 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 220 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Gove County's bridges were built
109 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 11
1930–1939
11 bridges
- 1940s 3
1940–1949
3 bridges
- 1950s 19
1950–1959
19 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
49 bridges
- 1970s 3
1970–1979
3 bridges
- 1980s 4
1980–1989
4 bridges
- 1990s 3
1990–1999
3 bridges
- 2000s 8
2000–2009
8 bridges
- 2010s 6
2010–2019
6 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 49 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 45% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1968) matches the Kansas average (1972).
How Gove County compares with Kansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Kansas counties nearest Gove County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.8% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1968 against a peer-group mean of 1967 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 103 Kansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan County | 116 | 50.9% | 39.7% | 9.5% | 1969 |
| Comanche County | 110 | 50.9% | 48.2% | 0.9% | 1967 |
| Hodgeman County | 109 | 44% | 54.1% | 1.8% | 1963 |
| Gove County (this page) | 109 | 45% | 53.2% | 1.8% | 1968 |
| Sherman County | 105 | 69.5% | 28.6% | 1.9% | 1969 |
| Rawlins County | 103 | 48.5% | 36.9% | 14.6% | 1969 |
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 Gove 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 Gove County, both outside Kansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside KS (109 bridges here).
- Mariposa County, CA · 109 bridges
- Boone County, IL · 109 bridges
- Trigg County, KY · 109 bridges
- Dawson County, MT · 109 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside KS (1968 here).
- Montgomery County, PA · avg 1968 · 828 bridges
- San Joaquin County, CA · avg 1968 · 644 bridges
- Providence County, RI · avg 1968 · 476 bridges
- Imperial County, CA · avg 1968 · 444 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (109)
70 ROAD
FairOver: TRIB TO BIG CREEK
1.6S 1.4W OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1966 Load: 4.7 t ADT: 40
42 ROAD
FairOver: BIG CREEK
3.2S 2.7W OF GRAINFIELD, Gove, KS
Built 1965 Load: 5.1 t ADT: 30
62 ROAD
FairOver: TRIB TO BIG CREEK
1.2S 1.5E OF PARK, Gove, KS
Built 1961 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 30
40 ROAD
FairOver: EAST SPRING CREEK
5.0S 3.7W OF GRAINFIELD, Gove, KS
Built 1960 Load: 8.3 t ADT: 40
S ROAD (RS 272)
FairOver: HACKBERRY CREEK
1.6W OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1955 Load: 9.0 t ADT: 115
70 ROAD
FairOver: BIG CREEK
3.2S 1.4W OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1935 Load: 9.2 t ADT: 20
S ROAD (RS 272)
FairOver: HACKBERRY CREEK
3.8W OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1951 Load: 11.1 t ADT: 115
34 ROAD
FairOver: S BRANCH HACKBERRY CREEK
2.0S 5.7W OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1962 Load: 11.6 t ADT: 20
18 ROAD (RS 1474)
FairOver: NORTH BR. HACKBERRY CK.
4.3S 5.9W OF GRINNELL, Gove, KS
Built 1954 Load: 12.9 t ADT: 85
C ROAD
FairOver: SALT CREEK
16.0S 5.3W OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1954 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 25
M ROAD
FairOver: TRIB TO INDIAN CREEK
6.0S 3.3E OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1939 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 50
32 ROAD (RS 250)
FairOver: SALT CREEK
17.9S 6.7W GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1967 Load: 13.9 t ADT: 45
26 ROAD
FairOver: MIDDLE BRANCH HACKBERRY
1.3N 9.6W OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1972 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 30
50 ROAD
FairOver: BIG CREEK
5.8N 2.0E OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1955 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 30
72 ROAD (RS 278)
FairOver: SMOKY HILL RIVER
20.7S OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1980 Load: 15.3 t ADT: 45
K23 HWY
FairOver: BIG CREEK DRAINAGE
9.05 MI N 4TH ST(GOVE), Gove, KS
Built 1957 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 1,020
72 ROAD (RS 278)
FairOver: HACKBERRY CREEK
11.0S OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1956 Load: 16.1 t ADT: 55
I ROAD (RS 271)
FairOver: Plum Creek Tributary
10.0S 0.6E OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1961 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 165
72 ROAD (RS 278)
FairOver: EAST SPRING CREEK
6.9S OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1961 Load: 17.4 t ADT: 75
62 ROAD (RS 1476)
FairOver: BIG CREEK
5.5S 1.5E OF PARK, Gove, KS
Built 1952 Load: 17.7 t ADT: 50
66 ROAD
FairOver: BIG CREEK
3.0S 3.3W OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1936 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 30
32 ROAD (RS 250)
FairOver: SMOKY HILL RIVER
14.7S 6.7W GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1968 Load: 18.2 t ADT: 45
26 ROAD (RS 250)
FairOver: S. BRANCH HACKBERRY CK.
1.7S 9.7W OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1965 Load: 18.4 t ADT: 50
72 ROAD (RS 278)
FairOver: TRIB. SMOKY HILL RIVER
17.0S OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1964 Load: 18.4 t ADT: 50
62 ROAD (RS 1542)
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
11.3S 8.3E OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1960 Load: 18.4 t ADT: 40
62 ROAD (RS 1542)
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
10.8S 8.3E OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1960 Load: 18.4 t ADT: 40
Z ROAD (RS 1475)
FairOver: TRIB. TO BIG CREEK
0.6S 1.9W OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1957 Load: 18.5 t ADT: 310
O ROAD (RS 904)
FairOver: HACKBERRY CREEK
11.6S OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1959 Load: 18.7 t ADT: 45
58 ROAD
FairOver: BIG CREEK
5.7N 6.0E OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1969 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 70
62 ROAD (RS 1542)
FairOver: HACKBERRY CREEK
2.8S 8.3E OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1958 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 50
18 ROAD (RS 1474)
FairOver: MIDDLE BR. HACKBERRY CK.
9.4S 5.9W OF GRINNELL, Gove, KS
Built 1957 Load: 19.2 t ADT: 75
72 ROAD (RS 272)
FairOver: BIG CREEK
3.2S 0.4W OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1950 Load: 20.1 t ADT: 200
36 ROAD
FairOver: N BRANCH HACKBERRY CREEK
1.2N 4.7W OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1969 Load: 21.2 t ADT: 20
O ROAD (RS 904)
FairOver: WEST SAND CREEK
11.6S 3.0E OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1961 Load: 21.3 t ADT: 45
I70 HWY
FairOver: LOCAL ROAD
5.94MI E JT K216, Gove, KS
Built 1964 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 5,750
72 ROAD (RS 272)
FairOver: TRIB. TO BIG CREEK
2.5S 0.4W OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1963 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 410
O ROAD (RS 904)
FairOver: EAST SAND CREEK
11.6S 4.4E OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1958 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 45
30 ROAD (RS 273)
FairOver: NORTH BR. HACKBERRY CK.
7.7S OF GRINNELL, Gove, KS
Built 1953 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 120
C ROAD
FairOver: TRIB TO SMOKY HILL RIVER
16.0S 1.8E OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1934 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 25
M ROAD
FairOver: TRIB TO PLUM CREEK
6.0S 11.3W OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1938 Load: 24.7 t ADT: 30
LOCAL ROAD
FairOver: I70 HWY
1.18 MI E K212, Gove, KS
Built 1960 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 27
V ROAD
FairOver: WEST SPRING CREEK
3.0N 2.1W OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1936 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 20
I70 HWY
FairOver: BIG CREEK DRAINAGE
3.71MI E JT K216, Gove, KS
Built 1963 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 5,750
I70 HWY
FairOver: BIG CREEK DRAINAGE
9.77MI E LOGAN CO LINE, Gove, KS
Built 1963 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 5,400
I70 HWY EB & WB
FairOver: LOCAL ROAD
4.62 MI E K212, Gove, KS
Built 1960 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 6,700
S ROAD (RS 272)
FairOver: TRIB. TO HACKBERRY CREEK
1.4E OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1940 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 140
W ROAD
FairOver: BIG CREEK
3.5S 1.7E OF QUINTER, Gove, KS
Built 1939 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30
I70 HWY
FairOver: LOCAL ROAD
2.32 MI E K212, Gove, KS
Built 1961 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 6,700
36 ROAD
FairOver: M BRANCH HACKBERRY CREEK
0.4N 4.7W OF GOVE, Gove, KS
Built 1971 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 15
LOCAL ROAD
FairOver: I70 HWY
5.27MI E JT K211, Gove, KS
Built 1961 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 27
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