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Stanton County, KS

21 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 33.3% rated Good, 66.7% Fair, 0% Poor.

21
Public bridges
33.3%
Good condition
0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Stanton County posts a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 10%
lowest Poor share in state
0%
Poor-condition share
21
public highway bridges
1969
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.

Stanton County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Stanton County ranks #10 of 104 Kansas counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Stanton County, Kansas contains 21 public highway bridges. Roughly 33.3% are rated “Good,” 66.7% “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.

Total bridges

21

Public highway bridges in Stanton County

Good condition

33.3%

7 of 21 rated 7-9

Fair condition

66.7%

14 of 21 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0%

0 of 21 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#10 of 104

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

Condition distribution

Share of 21 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
33.3% (7)
Fair
66.7% (14)
Poor
0% (0)

66.7% of Stanton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

14 of the 21 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 33.3% 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 Stanton County's bridges were built

21 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 8 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 38.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1969) matches the Kansas average (1972).

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

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

The 5 Kansas counties nearest Stanton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1969 against a peer-group mean of 1964 is 5 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Stanton County and the 5 Kansas counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Lane County 25 4%
Scott County 22 0%
Wichita County 22 0%
Stanton County (this page) 21 0%
Haskell County 18 0%
Morton County 17 0%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside KS (21 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside KS (1969 here).

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

All 21 Good 7 Fair 14 Poor 0

All bridges (21)

RS 478

Fair

Over: LITTLE BEAR CREEK

13.0N OF MANTER, Stanton, KS

Built 1966 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 64

RS 478

Fair

Over: SANDY ARROYO

4.0S OF MANTER, Stanton, KS

Built 1962 Load: 12.1 t ADT: 142

RS 478

Fair

Over: BEAR CREEK

3.0N OF MANTER, Stanton, KS

Built 1953 Load: 15.6 t ADT: 140

RS 308

Fair

Over: BEAR CREEK

10.0N OF BIG BOW, Stanton, KS

Built 1956 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 57

MINOR COL

Fair

Over: BEAR CREEK

6.0W OF MANTER, Stanton, KS

Built 1953 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 20

K27 HWY

Fair

Over: BEAR CREEK

3.50 MI N US160, Stanton, KS

Built 1953 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 1,640

US160 HWY

Fair

Over: DRY LAKE DRAINAGE

9.68 MI E K-27, Stanton, KS

Built 1941 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 2,310

MINOR COL

Fair

Over: BEATY CREEK

6.0W 1.0N OF MANTER, Stanton, KS

Built 1956 Load: 21.9 t ADT: 20

RS 308

Fair

Over: UNNAMED DRAW

5.5S OF BIG BOW, Stanton, KS

Built 1967 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 196

RS 755

Fair

Over: BEAR CREEK

5.0W OF JOHNSON CITY, Stanton, KS

Built 1966 Load: 26.7 t ADT: 376

RS 1719

Fair

Over: SANDY ARROYO CREEK

5.5S 5.0W OF MANTER, Stanton, KS

Built 1978 Load: 27.6 t ADT: 32

RS 1662

Fair

Over: BEAR CREEK

4.0E 7.5N OF JOHNSON CITY, Stanton, KS

Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 96

LOCAL RD.

Fair

Over: N. FORK CIMARRON RIVER

11.0S 1.0E OF BIG BOW, Stanton, KS

Built 1977 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 45

US160 HWY

Fair

Over: BEAR CREEK DRAINAGE

2.40 MI E CO STLINE, Stanton, KS

Built 1977 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 330

RS 1899

Good

Over: SANDY ARROYO CREEK

3.0E 5.0S OF JOHNSON CITY, Stanton, KS

Built 1969 Load: 20.1 t ADT: 88

RS 308

Good

Over: SANDY ARROYO CREEK

3.8S OF BIG BOW, Stanton, KS

Built 1967 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 280

K-27 HWY

Good

Over: DRY LAKE DRAINAGE

2.9 MI N MORTON CO LN, Stanton, KS

Built 2004 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 620

K-27 HWY

Good

Over: SAND ARROYO CREEK DRNG

5.72 MI N MORTON CO LN, Stanton, KS

Built 2004 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 620

RS 478

Good

Over: UNNAMED DRAW

3.5S OF MANTER, Stanton, KS

Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 145

K-27 HWY

Good

Over: SAND ARROYO CREEK

7.86 MI N MORTON CO LN, Stanton, KS

Built 2004 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 620

RS 308

Good

Over: WOLF CREEK

12.0N OF BIG BOW, Stanton, KS

Built 1977 Load: 52.9 t ADT: 57

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

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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.