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Labette County, KS

349 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 38.4% rated Good, 55.9% Fair, 5.7% Poor.

349
Public bridges
38.4%
Good condition
5.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Labette 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.

65th
of 104 on Poor share
5.7%
Poor-condition share
349
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.

Labette County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Labette County ranks #65 of 104 Kansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.7%). Labette County, Kansas contains 349 public highway bridges. Roughly 38.4% are rated “Good,” 55.9% “Fair,” and 5.7% “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

349

Public highway bridges in Labette County

Good condition

38.4%

134 of 349 rated 7-9

Fair condition

55.9%

195 of 349 rated 5-6

Poor condition

5.7%

20 of 349 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#65 of 104

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

Condition distribution

Share of 349 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
38.4% (134)
Fair
55.9% (195)
Poor
5.7% (20)

Labette County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,013 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 101 crossings a day against 1,274 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 349 of 349 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

57.3% of Labette County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

200 of the 349 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 38.4% 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 27.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

RS 369 over TRIB. TO SNOW CREEK, built 1936, carries 555 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 20-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,013 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Labette County's bridges were built

349 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 88 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 25.2% 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.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

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

The 5 Kansas counties nearest Labette County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.7% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1957 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is 15 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Labette County and the 5 Kansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Saline County 369 1.9%
Nemaha County 359 9.5%
Labette County (this page) 349 5.7%
Cowley County 337 5.3%
Washington County 335 3.9%
Franklin County 332 4.2%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside KS (349 bridges here).

Similar average build year

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

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

All 349 Good 134 Fair 195 Poor 20

Poor-condition bridges (20)

LOCAL RD. 28

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO NEOSHO RIVER

4.0E OF PARSONS, Labette, KS

Built 1920 Load: 2.3 t ADT: 50

LOCAL RD 244

Poor

Over: TRIB TO NEOSHO RIVER

0.5 E OF MONTANA, Labette, KS

Built 1950 Load: 4.2 t ADT: 10

RS 1138

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO NEOSHO RIVER

2.0E 1.0S OF MONTANA, Labette, KS

Built 1975 Load: 5.5 t ADT: 70

RS 1138

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO NEOSHO RIVER

2.0E 1.75S OF MONTANA, Labette, KS

Built 1975 Load: 7.4 t ADT: 70

LOCAL RD. 157

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO HACKBERRY CREEK

3.0E 3.1N OF EDNA, Labette, KS

Built 1976 Load: 10.2 t ADT: 40

LOCAL RD. 109

Poor

Over: PUMPKIN CREEK

0.5S 0.6E OF MOUND VALLEY, Labette, KS

Built 1930 Load: 16.2 t ADT: 50

RS 377

Poor

Over: M.K.& T RAILROAD(ABAN.)

3.0N 3.5E OF MOUND VALLEY, Labette, KS

Built 1928 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 78

LOCAL RD. 98

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO PUMPKIN CREEK

2.0N 0.8N MOUND VALLEY, Labette, KS

Built 1930 Load: 19.8 t ADT: 50

RS 377

Poor

Over: LABETTE CREEK

0.6W OF LABETTE, Labette, KS

Built 1967 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 240

LOCAL RD. 148

Poor

Over: DEER CREEK

5.6N 1.1W OF BARTLETT, Labette, KS

Built 1975 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 40

RS 369

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO SNOW CREEK

2.2S OF EDNA, Labette, KS

Built 1936 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 555

LOCAL RD. 145

Poor

Over: PUMPKIN CREEK

2.0N 0.9W OF ANGOLA, Labette, KS

Built 1900 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 40

LOCAL RD. 174

Poor

Over: DEER CREEK

1.0S 2.2E OF ANGOLA, Labette, KS

Built 1920 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 40

LOCAL RD. 135

Poor

Over: RICHLAND CREEK

6.0N 2.3W OF EDNA, Labette, KS

Built 1915 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 50

LOCAL RD. 99

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO PUMPKIN CREEK

2.0N 1.3E MOUND VALLEY, Labette, KS

Built 1930 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 40

LOCAL RD. 137

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO RICHLAND CREEK

3.0S 2.2W OF ALTAMONT, Labette, KS

Built 1930 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 50

LOCAL RD. 129

Poor

Over: RICHLAND CREEK

2.5W 2.2S OF ALTAMONT, Labette, KS

Built 1935 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 50

LOCAL RD. 156

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO HACKBERRY CREEK

4.0N 2.2E OF EDNA, Labette, KS

Built 1935 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 40

LOCAL RD. 118

Poor

Over: DEER CREEK

0.5W 0.8S OF ALTAMONT, Labette, KS

Built 1910 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 50

10th Street

Poor

Over: Labette Creek

On N. 10th north of Chess, Labette, KS

Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 400

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.