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Greenwood County, KS

235 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 24.7% rated Good, 54% Fair, 21.3% Poor.

235
Public bridges: 24.7%
Good condition: 21.3%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Greenwood County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

104th
of 104 on Poor share: 21.3%
Poor-condition share: 235
public highway bridges: 1957
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.

Greenwood County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Greenwood County ranks #104 of 104 Kansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 21.3%). Greenwood County, Kansas contains 235 public highway bridges. Roughly 24.7% are rated “Good,” 54% “Fair,” and 21.3% “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.

Total bridges

235

Public highway bridges in Greenwood County

Good condition

24.7%

58 of 235 rated 7-9

Fair condition

54%

127 of 235 rated 5-6

Poor condition

21.3%

50 of 235 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#104 of 104

Among Kansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 235 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

24.7% (58)

Fair

54% (127)

Poor

21.3% (50)

Greenwood County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,026 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 21.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 61 crossings a day against 1,406 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 235 of 235 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

74% of Greenwood County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

174 of the 235 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 24.7% 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 17% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

RS 679 BSN 410 over FALL RIVER, built 1954, carries 515 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 50-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 3,026 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1900s

6
1920s

11
1930s

77
1940s

11
1950s

28
1960s

35
1970s

12
1980s

12
1990s

21
2000s

14
2010s

4
2020s

4

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 77 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1957, 15 years older than the Kansas average of 1972.

How Greenwood County compares with Kansas's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Kansas counties nearest Greenwood County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 21.3% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1957 against a peer-group mean of 1971 is 14 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 103 Kansas counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Greenwood County and the 5 Kansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Wabaunsee County	242	36.8%	52.9%	10.3%	1963
Barber County	241	44.8%	53.9%	1.2%	1974
Leavenworth County	241	61%	36.1%	2.9%	1981
Neosho County	241	60.2%	29.5%	10.4%	1969
Greenwood County (this page)	235	24.7%	54%	21.3%	1957
Clay County	231	51.9%	42.9%	5.2%	1970

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 Greenwood 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 Greenwood County, both outside Kansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside KS (235 bridges here).

Crittenden County, AR · 235 bridges
McDowell County, NC · 235 bridges
San Patricio County, TX · 235 bridges
Etowah County, AL · 236 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside KS (1957 here).

Essex County, MA · avg 1957 · 395 bridges
Greer County, OK · avg 1957 · 230 bridges
Spink County, SD · avg 1957 · 176 bridges
Brewster County, TX · avg 1957 · 114 bridges

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 235 Good 58 Fair 127 Poor 50

Poor-condition bridges (50)

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Greenwood County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Greenwood County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,026 vehicle crossings a day

74% of Greenwood County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 17% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Greenwood County compares with Kansas's closest counties by inventory size

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Poor-condition bridges (50)

CTY RD 27(Y.9-37.2

CTY RD 130(27-F.2)

CTY RD V (T-29.4)

MINOR COL 20-E.8

CTY RD W (U-10.5)

CTY RD 140(26-W.7)

CTY RD G (G-20.7)

CTY RD 230(17-I.2)

CTY RD U (S-28.4)

CTY RD J (I-26.3)

CTY RD 270(13-H.9)

County Rd. V

Township Rd 359

County Rd. O

RS227 BSN120 K Rd

RS 291 BSN 260

RS 291 BSN 270

RS 780 BSN 415

CTY RD 250(25-I.9)

RS 290 BSN 200

CTY RD 250(15-H.7)

CTY RD 70

RS 679 BSN 410

RS 150 BSN 80

CTY RD 60 (34-X.4)

RD FF50 (D.5-30.7)

RD FF50 (D.6-22.8)

RD BB50 (Z.5-8.9)

RS 1362 BSN 700

RS 150 BSN 90

RS 88 BSN 40

RS 227 BSN 130

RS 291 BSN 310

RS 292 BSN 340

RS 1114 BSN 560

RS 1357 BSN 576

RS 1360 BSN 650

RS 1399 BSN 800

RS 1871 BSN 850

CTY RD P (N-5.1)

CTY RD R (P-14.3)

CTY RD 290(11-P.9)

CTY RD 320(8-R.7)

COUNTY RD. 380

CTY RD 210(19-Z.5)

RD EE50 (C.5-14.9)

CTY RD FF (D-19)

CTY RD 66 (E-23.9)

RD CC50 (39.3-A.5)

CTY RD 270(13-B.6)

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