State profile · Below median Poor share

Kansas bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Kansas.

24,894
Public bridges
52.5%
Good condition
5.3%
Poor condition

Kansas holds 24,894 public highway bridges (#5 of 52 by inventory) with a 5.26% Poor share (#31 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 5.3% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 22 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

24,894

Public highway bridges in Kansas

Good Condition

52.5%

13,060 bridges rated 7-9

2.5pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

5.3%

1,310 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-2.3pp vs national avg 7.5%

Kansas vs national bridge condition

Kansas - Good condition share 52.5%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

Kansas - Poor-condition share 17.5%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

Kansas in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Kansas has 24,894 bridges and a 5.3% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #22 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Kansas has 24,894 bridges and a 5.3% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #22 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

Kansas vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

24,894 5th of 54 higher than 49 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for Kansas

The highlighted point is Kansas: 24,894 bridges and 5.26% in Poor condition, rank #22 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Kansas on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Idaho: 4,616 bridges · 4.90% Poor
  • Indiana: 19,495 bridges · 5.22% Poor
  • Kansas: 24,894 bridges · 5.26% Poor
  • Arkansas: 12,974 bridges · 5.43% Poor
  • Washington: 8,474 bridges · 5.45% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Kansas

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 24,894 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Kansas’s inventory

State agency holds 22.2% of the 24,894 public highway bridges filed under Kansas in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Kansas’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 21.5% of the 24,894 bridges with a recorded original year in Kansas. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Kansas52.5%42.3%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Kansas (FHWA NBI)

Counties (105)

Allen 227 Anderson 144 Atchison 197 Barber 241 Barton 449 Bourbon 206 Brown 256 Butler 591 Chase 189 Chautauqua 130 Cherokee 317 Cheyenne 100 Clark 102 Clay 231 Cloud 314 Coffey 305 Comanche 110 Cowley 337 Crawford 297 Decatur 159 Dickinson 375 Doniphan 129 Douglas 314 Edwards 69 Elk 154 Ellis 275 Ellsworth 259 Finney 78 Ford 223 Franklin 332 Geary 140 Gove 109 Graham 142 Grant 16 Gray 66 Greeley 33 Greenwood 235 Hamilton 68 Harper 372 Harvey 372 Haskell 18 Hodgeman 109 Jackson 246 Jefferson 194 Jewell 307 Johnson 781 Kearny 72 Kingman 391 Kiowa 90 Labette 349 Lane 25 Leavenworth 241 Lincoln 225 Linn 257 Logan 55 Lyon 492 Marion 324 Marshall 402 McPherson 586 Meade 84 Miami 326 Mitchell 260 Montgomery 326 Morris 179 Morton 17 Nemaha 359 Neosho 241 Ness 167 Norton 244 Osage 304 Osborne 244 Ottawa 295 Pawnee 164 Phillips 249 Pottawatomie 303 Pratt 118 Rawlins 103 Reno 573 Republic 266 Rice 262 Riley 224 Rooks 169 Rush 170 Russell 261 Saline 369 Scott 22 Sedgwick 1333 Seward 14 Shawnee 563 Sheridan 116 Sherman 105 Smith 281 Stafford 119 Stanton 21 Stevens 3 Sumner 659 Thomas 82 Trego 166 Wabaunsee 242 Wallace 44 Washington 335 Wichita 22 Wilson 205 Woodson 143 Wyandotte 315

Kansas vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)

States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Kansas on the same metric.

ID

Idaho

4.90% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$4,616

IN

Indiana

5.22% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$19,495
Selected

KS

Kansas

5.26% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$24,894

AR

Arkansas

5.43% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$12,974

WA

Washington

5.45% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$8,474

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Kansas

Six lowest-condition bridges in Kansas, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

RS 302 NW 50TH AVE

Poor

Over: STREAM

1.5N OF CRYSTAL SPRINGS, Harper, KS

Built 1940 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 80

37 ROAD

Poor

Over: TRIBUTARY BEAVER CREEK

2.6S 2.3E OF HERNDON, Rawlins, KS

Built 1963 Load: 0.6 t ADT: 15

LOCAL MEDF230

Poor

Over: PEACE CREEK

2.0N 8.2W OF NICKERSON, Reno, KS

Built 1950 Load: 1.3 t ADT: 25

LOCAL G-2.5

Poor

Over: EAST OAK CREEK

4.0N 1.5E OF DISPATCH, Jewell, KS

Built 1935 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 1

LOCAL Y-12.5

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO WHITE ROCK CK.

3.0N 1.5E OF BURR OAK, Jewell, KS

Built 1932 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 20

28TH RD (27.0-A.5)

Poor

Over: TRIB. TO POLE CREEK

3.0E OF SUMMERFIELD, Marshall, KS

Built 1940 Load: 1.8 t ADT: 10

All Bridges in Kansas

COUNTY HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: WALNUT CREEK

9W US281 KANSAS SL, Smith, KS

Built 1978 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 20

240th Ave

Fair

Over: SALINE RIVER

5.5N 1.0W OF WAKEENEY, Trego, KS

Built 1971 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 60

JAMES STREET

Fair

Over: KANSAS RIVER R.R. YARD

JAMES ST. OVER KS. RIVER, Wyandotte, KS

Built 1987 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 4,900

K4 HWY

Fair

Over: LITTLE MUDDY CREEK

1.62 MI N US24, Jefferson, KS

Built 1964 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,230

K9 HWY

Fair

Over: WEST ASHER CREEK

5.88 MI E US24, Mitchell, KS

Built 1933 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 720

K18 HWY

Fair

Over: SOLOMON RIVER DRAINAGE

4.13 MI E JCT RS748, Ottawa, KS

Built 1934 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 445

US24 HWY

Fair

Over: CRIS CREEK DRAINAGE

7.14 MI E MITCHELL COLN, Cloud, KS

Built 1957 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,120

US24 HWY

Fair

Over: CRIS CREEK

7.41 MI E MITCHELL COLN, Cloud, KS

Built 1957 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,120

US24 HWY

Fair

Over: S FK SOLOMON R DRAINAGE

0.33 MI E K84, Graham, KS

Built 1955 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 915

K25 HWY

Fair

Over: TWIN BUTTE CREEK DRAIN

4.46 MI N WICHITA COLN, Logan, KS

Built 1961 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 405

US50 HWY

Fair

Over: ARKANSAS RIVER DRAINAGE

4.96 MI NE WJCT K61, Reno, KS

Built 1970 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 4,485

US54 HWY

Fair

Over: WALNUT RIVER

9.04 MI N U-400 E JCT, Butler, KS

Built 1988 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,380

RS0361

Fair

Over: US 54 HWY

4.13 MI E EJCT US54/K14, Kingman, KS

Built 1976 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 290

US56 HWY

Fair

Over: MUD CR UP RR WALNUT ST

0.83 MI E K256, Marion, KS

Built 1987 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,090

US56 HWY

Fair

Over: LITTLE ARKANSAS RIV OVFL

1.23 MI E K46, Rice, KS

Built 1929 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 3,110

US-59 HWY

Fair

Over: WHITE CLAY CREEK

7.80 MI NE K-116, Atchison, KS

Built 1955 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 4,710

K61 HWY NB

Fair

Over: RS0305 RT US81 ALT

JCT US-81 ALT/K-61 NB, McPherson, KS

Built 1969 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,700

I-70 HIGHWAY

Fair

Over: Eden Road

5.75 MI E OF SALINE COLN, Dickinson, KS

Built 1960 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,750

I70 HWY NL-SL

Fair

Over: SMOKY HILL RIVER DRN

2.41 MI E K15, Dickinson, KS

Built 1959 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 8,600

I70 HWY WB

Fair

Over: RS0124 (RATH ROAD)

JCT K206/I70 WB, Dickinson, KS

Built 1959 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 8,700

I70 HWY EB

Fair

Over: Marshall Street

JCT K206/I70 EB, Dickinson, KS

Built 1959 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 8,700

I70 HWY WB-EB

Fair

Over: HUMBOLDT CREEK RD

4.24 MI NE K57, Geary, KS

Built 1964 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,950

LOCAL ROAD

Fair

Over: I70 HWY

5.27MI E JT K211, Gove, KS

Built 1961 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 27

I-70 HWY EASTBOUND

Fair

Over: K-25 HIGHWAY

JCT I-70 / K-25, Thomas, KS

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 6,350

US73 US159 HWY

Fair

Over: UP RAILROAD

11.39 MI N WJCT K20, Brown, KS

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,690

US 75 HWY

Fair

Over: RS0510/ K276/ BNSF RR

3.50 MI N COFFEY COLN, Osage, KS

Built 1975 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 2,480

U75 (E 70 to N 75)

Fair

Over: N-S LANES I70

E JCT I70-75 S END W-GATE, Shawnee, KS

Built 1977 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 23,600

K96 HWY

Fair

Over: WALNUT CREEK DRAINAGE

6.69 MI. EAST OF US-283, Ness, KS

Built 1930 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,500

K96 HWY

Fair

Over: WALNUT CREEK DRAINAGE

6.90 MI. EAST OF US-283, Ness, KS

Built 1930 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,500

K96 HWY

Fair

Over: WALNUT CREEK DRAINAGE

7.12 MI. EAST OF US-283, Ness, KS

Built 1930 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 1,500

I-135 HWY NB

Fair

Over: LOCAL ROAD

1.86 MI. NW OF K-15 N JCT, Harvey, KS

Built 1971 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,600

I135 US81 SB

Fair

Over: Pawnee Rd

5.40 MI N US56 SB, McPherson, KS

Built 1968 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,300

I135 US81 NB

Fair

Over: RS0448

5.41 MI N US56 NB, McPherson, KS

Built 1968 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,300

I135 US81 NB

Fair

Over: LOCAL ROAD

8.41 MI N US56 NB, McPherson, KS

Built 1968 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 7,300

URB4816 CRWFRD

Fair

Over: I135 HWY WL-EL

2.35MI N MAGNOLIA ST, Saline, KS

Built 1963 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 12,648

I-135 HWY SB

Fair

Over: I-235 NB

0.51 MI N 47TH ST SB, Sedgwick, KS

Built 1965 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 18,500

I135 HWY NB

Fair

Over: 85th Street

5.44 MI N I-235, Sedgwick, KS

Built 1969 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 12,250

I135 HWY SB

Fair

Over: RR 12CITY ST& STRM

I135 WL VDT ENG TO 18TH, Sedgwick, KS

Built 1977 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 43,000

RP U54 EB/I135 NB

Fair

Over: I135 E&W LANES

JCT I35-US54, Sedgwick, KS

Built 1976 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 15,190

RP I135 SB/U54 EB

Fair

Over: I135 NB/SB LANES & CANAL

JCT I35W-US54, Sedgwick, KS

Built 1976 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,645

K146 HWY

Fair

Over: BR OF FOUR MILE CREEK

3.04 MI E US59, Neosho, KS

Built 1979 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 385

I235 HWY SB

Fair

Over: ZOO BLVD KO RR

JCT BICKELL ST/I235 SB, Sedgwick, KS

Built 1961 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 26,900

I235 HWY NB

Fair

Over: ZOO BLVD KO RR

JCT BICKELL ST/I235 NB, Sedgwick, KS

Built 1961 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 26,900

I-335 HWY (KTA) SB

Fair

Over: US-56 HWY

JCT US-56 / KTA, Lyon, KS

Built 1956 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 5,650

I-470 HWY (KTA) NB

Fair

Over: URB5501 ADAMS ROAD

0.92 MI NE TOPEKA AVE, Shawnee, KS

Built 1956 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 9,650

I470 HWY EB

Fair

Over: 29TH ST

2.13 MI SE WJCT US75 EB, Shawnee, KS

Built 1990 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 16,350

I470 HWY WB

Fair

Over: 29TH ST

2.14 MI SE WJCT US75 WB, Shawnee, KS

Built 1990 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 16,350

ORVILLE AVE

Fair

Over: I-635 HIGHWAY

0.36 MILES N I-7O, Wyandotte, KS

Built 1973 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 507

RS 2059

Fair

Over: BIG DITCH FLOODWAY

Meridian 0.1 N of 63rdS, Sedgwick, KS

Built 1977 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 9,215

Indy Rd (K21-S80)

Fair

Over: CREEK

1620 Indy Rd, Dickinson, KS

Built 1980 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 30

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Kansas Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.