Smith County, KS

281 public highway bridges

Smith County Bridge Snapshot

Smith County, Kansas contains 281 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 31.7% are rated “Good,” 56.6% “Fair,” 11.4% “Poor,” and 11.4% are classified as structurally deficient — the federal designation for spans whose deck, superstructure, or substructure has been rated 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. Structurally deficient does not mean unsafe to cross; it means the bridge is on the priority list for repair or replacement.

Inspections in KS are conducted by certified engineers from the state Department of Transportation on a 24-month cycle, and results are reported back to the FHWA each spring. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county, sorted by inventory load rating. Use the “Sort by” controls to surface the lowest-rated spans first, and click any row for full inspection history, traffic counts, and condition trends.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

281
Total Bridges
31.7%
Good
11.4%
Poor
11.4%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
31.7% (89)
Fair
56.6% (159)
Poor
11.4% (32)
SD
11.4% (32)

All Bridges (281)

Q ROAD

Poor

Over: E BRANCH TROUBLESOME CR.

5.8S 1.0E OF THORNBURG, Smith, KS

Built 1925 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 5

120 ROAD

Poor

Over: WEST BEAVER CREEK

5.4N 0.8W OF ATHOL, Smith, KS

Built 1969 Load: 5.9 t ADT: 30

K ROAD

Poor

Over: MIDDLE BEAVER CREEK TRIB

6.0N 5.0W SMITH CENTER, Smith, KS

Built 1910 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 10

50 ROAD

Poor

Over: WHITE ROCK CREEK

3.5N 4.0E OF CORA, Smith, KS

Built 1955 Load: 6.5 t ADT: 10

F ROAD

Poor

Over: MIDDLE BEAVER CREEK

2.6N 6.0W OF REAMSVILLE, Smith, KS

Built 1940 Load: 7.2 t ADT: 10

160 ROAD

Poor

Over: EAST BEAVER CREEK

0.5N 2.0W OF SMITH CENTER, Smith, KS

Built 1910 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 10

U ROAD (RS 626)

Poor

Over: LINDSEY CREEK

0.5N OF PORTIS, Smith, KS

Built 1930 Load: 8.6 t ADT: 80

A ROAD

Poor

Over: WEST MIDDLE CEDAR CREEK

8.1N 2.0W OF KENSINGTON, Smith, KS

Built 1969 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 20

W ROAD

Poor

Over: WEST OAK CREEK

2.7S 7.0E OF SMITH CENTER, Smith, KS

Built 1998 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 10

120 ROAD

Poor

Over: SPRING CREEK

3.0N 3.3W OF BELLAIRE, Smith, KS

Built 1990 Load: 10.3 t ADT: 20

Z ROAD

Poor

Over: WOLF CREEK

2.0N 3.5E OF CORA, Smith, KS

Built 1925 Load: 10.7 t ADT: 10

230 ROAD

Poor

Over: EAST CEDAR CREEK

2.0N 1.0W OF CEDAR, Smith, KS

Built 1925 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 20

90 ROAD

Poor

Over: EAST MIDDLE CEDAR CREEK

8.0N 1.4W OF KENSINGTON, Smith, KS

Built 1920 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 20

200 ROAD

Poor

Over: CEDAR CREEK TRIBUTARY

2.6S 0.5E OF ATHOL, Smith, KS

Built 1966 Load: 14.5 t ADT: 40

J ROAD

Poor

Over: BACHELOR RUN

1.8N 1.8W OF REAMSVILLE, Smith, KS

Built 1930 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 10

190 ROAD

Poor

Over: WEST CEDAR CREEK

1.7S 1.3W OF KENSINGTON, Smith, KS

Built 1910 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 20

270 ROAD

Poor

Over: N FORK SOLOMON TRIBUTARY

2.0S 2.0E OF CEDAR, Smith, KS

Built 1920 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 10

J ROAD

Poor

Over: NORTH FORK SOLOMON TRIB

1.0S 2.5W OF GAYLORD, Smith, KS

Built 1936 Load: 21.8 t ADT: 50

K8 HWY

Poor

Over: MIDDLE BEAVER CREEK

12.12MI N JT U36, Smith, KS

Built 1941 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 860

220 ROAD

Poor

Over: SPRING CREEK

5.5S 0.5W OF SMITH CENTER, Smith, KS

Built 2000 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 10

R ROAD

Poor

Over: DRY CREEK

3.5N 5.0E OF GAYLORD, Smith, KS

Built 1970 Load: 28.1 t ADT: 50

US281 HWY

Poor

Over: WHITE ROCK CREEK

3.95 MI N JCT K191, Smith, KS

Built 1937 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 530

230 ROAD

Structurally Deficient

Over: OAK CREEK TRIB.

8.0S 7.0E OF BELLAIRE, Smith, KS

Built 1910 Load: 4.0 t ADT: 10

X ROAD

Structurally Deficient

Over: MIDDLE OAK CREEK

3.6S 1.5E OF CORA, Smith, KS

Built 1930 Load: 4.1 t ADT: 20

170 ROAD

Structurally Deficient

Over: SPRING CREEK

2.0E OF SMITH CENTER, Smith, KS

Built 1900 Load: 4.5 t ADT: 15

R ROAD

Structurally Deficient

Over: WALNUT CREEK

2.0W OF WOMER, Smith, KS

Built 1920 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 10

N ROAD

Structurally Deficient

Over: EAST BEAVER CREEK

1.0N 2.0W SMITH CENTER, Smith, KS

Built 1930 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 10

180 ROAD

Structurally Deficient

Over: WEST OAK CREEK

3.0S 0.6E OF BELLAIRE, Smith, KS

Built 1900 Load: 8.0 t ADT: 20

M ROAD

Structurally Deficient

Over: EAST BEAVER CREEK

2.0S 3.0W OF SMITH CENTER, Smith, KS

Built 1996 Load: 10.9 t ADT: 20

140 ROAD

Structurally Deficient

Over: EAST CEDAR CREEK

3.0N 3.5W OF ATHOL, Smith, KS

Built 1940 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 15

M ROAD

Structurally Deficient

Over: BULL CREEK

0.8S 3.0W OF THORNBURG, Smith, KS

Built 1920 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 10

Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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