Total bridges
22
Public highway bridges in Scott County
County profile · official public datasets
Scott County, KS
22 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 81.8% rated Good, 18.2% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 22
- Public bridges
- 81.8%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Scott County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 8%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 22
- public highway bridges
- 1954
- 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.
Scott County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Scott County ranks #8 of 104 Kansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Scott County, Kansas contains 22 public highway bridges. Roughly 81.8% are rated “Good,” 18.2% “Fair,” and 0% “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
81.8%
18 of 22 rated 7-9
Fair condition
18.2%
4 of 22 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 22 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#8 of 104
Among Kansas counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 22 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 81.8% (18)
Fair 18.2% (4)
Poor 0% (0)
95.5% of Scott County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
21 of the 22 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 81.8% 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.
When Scott County's bridges were built
22 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s
1930–1939
5 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
10 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
5 bridges
- 1970s 1
1970–1979
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 10 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 45.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1954, 18 years older than the Kansas average of 1972.
How Scott County compares with Kansas's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Kansas counties nearest Scott County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1954 against a peer-group mean of 1967 is 13 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 103 Kansas counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane County | 25 | 60% | 36% | 4% | 1958 |
| Wichita County | 22 | 59.1% | 40.9% | 0% | 1969 |
| Scott County (this page) | 22 | 81.8% | 18.2% | 0% | 1954 |
| Stanton County | 21 | 33.3% | 66.7% | 0% | 1969 |
| Haskell County | 18 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0% | 1955 |
| Morton County | 17 | 88.2% | 11.8% | 0% | 1985 |
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 Scott 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 Scott County, both outside Kansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside KS (22 bridges here).
- Glascock County, GA · 22 bridges
- Currituck County, NC · 22 bridges
- Griggs County, ND · 22 bridges
- Sioux County, ND · 22 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside KS (1954 here).
- Glenn County, CA · avg 1954 · 242 bridges
- Graham County, AZ · avg 1954 · 179 bridges
- Menard County, TX · avg 1954 · 63 bridges
- Foard County, TX · avg 1954 · 60 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (18)
S. CHEROKEE RD
GoodOver: WHITE WOMAN CREEK
9.8S OF MODOC, Scott, KS
Built 1956 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 25
W. 70 RD
GoodOver: WHITE WOMAN CREEK
4.0W OF SHALLOW WATER, Scott, KS
Built 1953 Load: 12.3 t ADT: 300
S. VENISON RD
GoodOver: DRY LAKE DRAW
12.0S OF GRIGSTON, Scott, KS
Built 1958 Load: 12.3 t ADT: 25
S. FALCON RD
GoodOver: WHITE WOMAN CREEK
9.0S 6.0W OF SCOTT CITY, Scott, KS
Built 1950 Load: 13.1 t ADT: 35
S. CHEROKEE RD
GoodOver: ROCKY DRAW
5.5S OF MODOC, Scott, KS
Built 1957 Load: 13.2 t ADT: 40
BIG VALLEY DR
GoodOver: LADDER CREEK
5.5N 3.5W OF SCOTT CITY, Scott, KS
Built 1976 Load: 16.4 t ADT: 50
S. CHEROKEE RD
GoodOver: DRAW UNNAMED
7.5S OF MODOC, Scott, KS
Built 1956 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 40
S. CHEROKEE RD
GoodOver: LION CREEK
1.0S OF MODOC, Scott, KS
Built 1950 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 55
S WICHITA-SCOTT RD
GoodOver: ROCKY DRAW CREEK
4.6S & 2.5W OF MODOC, Scott, KS
Built 1967 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 50
K96 HWY
GoodOver: LION CREEK DRAINAGE
3.53 MI E OF WICHITA CL, Scott, KS
Built 1949 Load: 19.1 t ADT: 1,640
US83 HWY
GoodOver: LION CREEK
2.34 MI. SOUTH OF K-96, Scott, KS
Built 1934 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 5,150
US83 HWY
GoodOver: WHITE WOMAN CREEK
3.93 MI. SOUTH OF K-96, Scott, KS
Built 1934 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 5,150
K96 HWY
GoodOver: WHITE WOMAN BASIN
3.75 MI. EAST OF US-83, Scott, KS
Built 1954 Load: 23.6 t ADT: 1,810
S WICHITA-SCOTT RD
GoodOver: WHITE WOMAN CREEK
9.5S & 2.5W OF MODOC, Scott, KS
Built 1968 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 55
S WICHITA-SCOTT RD
GoodOver: SAND CREEK
12.0S & 2.5W OF MODOC, Scott, KS
Built 1968 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 40
US83 HWY
GoodOver: WHITE WOMAN BASIN
3.35 MI. SOUTH OF K-96, Scott, KS
Built 1934 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 5,150
N. CHEROKEE RD
GoodOver: LADDER CREEK
5.6N 9.0W OF SCOTT CITY, Scott, KS
Built 1936 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 165
K95 HWY
GoodOver: LADDER CREEK
3.21 MI N OF S JCT US-83, Scott, KS
Built 1969 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 385
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