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

RS 1226 Q-7

Good

Over: TRIB. TO FRENCH CREEK

24TH RD 0.1E OF C RD, Nemaha, KS

Built 1984 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 66

RD DD

Good

Over: TRIB. TO WALNUT CREEK

2.0N OF BAZINE, Ness, KS

Built 1957 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 110

RD DD

Good

Over: N. FK. ALEXANDER DRY CK.

10.0N OF BAZINE, Ness, KS

Built 1957 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 70

RS 1728

Good

Over: CHERRY CREEK

1.1E 3.0S OF NARKA, Republic, KS

Built 1952 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 19

RS 640 5-4-2

Good

Over: NORTH BRANCH SLATE CREEK

0.2E 0.9N OF MILTON, Sumner, KS

Built 1960 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 745

7 Road

Good

Over: TRIB. TO BLUFF CREEK

6.5S 2.7E OF PROTECTION, Comanche, KS

Built 1968 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 20

154th

Good

Over: trib. Peters Creek

0.5S 1.1W OF VALLEY FALL, Jefferson, KS

Built 2009 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 20

Rd 30

Good

Over: SOUTH BR RATTLESNAKE CRK

4.7N OF GREENSBURG, Kiowa, KS

Built 1991 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 40

LOCAL RD. B1F

Good

Over: GRANITE CREEK

2.0N 2.1E OF CAWKER CITY, Mitchell, KS

Built 1984 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 30

ARKANSAS AVENUE

Good

Over: MAIN FORK CHISHOLM CR.

ARKANSAS AT 40TH. ST. N., Sedgwick, KS

Built 1957 Load: 22.1 t ADT: 4,200

RS 341 BSN 400

Good

Over: TRIB. TO LIMESTONE CK.

0.5S 1.9E OF IONIA, Jewell, KS

Built 2017 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 25

RS 334

Good

Over: TRIB. TO ROSE CREEK

1.0E 3.0N OF MUNDEN, Republic, KS

Built 1960 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 71

NW 50 St

Good

Over: LITTLE WILD HORSE CREEK.

2.0N 6.3W OF ST.JOHN, Stafford, KS

Built 1960 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 215

NW 80 Ave

Good

Over: DRY WALNUT CREEK

2.0W 2.2S OF HEIZER, Barton, KS

Built 1996 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 20

NE 230 Rd

Good

Over: BLOOD CREEK

1.8E 11.9N OF CLAFLIN, Barton, KS

Built 1958 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 40

SW 170th

Good

Over: EIGHT MILE CREEK

2.1E 1.0N OF ROSE HILL, Butler, KS

Built 1986 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 150

Paint Rd (R17-S25)

Good

Over: SWENSON CREEK

2080 Paint Rd, Dickinson, KS

Built 1990 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 40

RD B 927.0-498.2

Good

Over: WRIGHTS CREEK

3.8N 4.0W OF AMERICUS, Lyon, KS

Built 1979 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 80

3RD RD (2.0-B.4)

Good

Over: TRIB. LITTLE INDIAN CR.

5.6N 1.0E OF BREMEN, Marshall, KS

Built 2013 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 10

28TH RD (27.0-A.0)

Good

Over: POLE CREEK

3.0E OF SUMMERFIELD, Marshall, KS

Built 2001 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 10

E 197TH ST 205

Good

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

5.0S OF OVERBROOK, Osage, KS

Built 1987 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 30

Tri-City Road

Good

Over: TRIB. TO SALTY CREEK

1.0N OF HAZELTON, Barber, KS

Built 1946 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 205

Sun City Road

Good

Over: TRIB. TO BEAR CREEK

2.75S OF SUN CITY, Barber, KS

Built 1981 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 245

RS 1462

Good

Over: TRIB. TO SALT CREEK

2.0W 5.1N OF WAYNE, Republic, KS

Built 1930 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 25

10 ROAD (RS 583)

Good

Over: LOST CREEK TRIBUTARY

3.2N OF ZURICH, Rooks, KS

Built 1955 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 220

Chestnut Rd

Good

Over: TRIB. TO SAWLOG CREEK

1.5W 10.0N OF DODGE CITY, Ford, KS

Built 1982 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 45

RD L2 945.2-540.2

Good

Over: EAGLE CREEK

0.5S OF OLPE, Lyon, KS

Built 1977 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 50

14TH RD (13.0-A.6)

Good

Over: NORTH ELM CREEK

2.0N 2.0E OF OKETO, Marshall, KS

Built 1989 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 10

LOCAL RD. M1C

Good

Over: CARR CREEK

1.1E 4.0N OF TIPTON, Mitchell, KS

Built 1986 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 45

LOCAL RD. S-3

Good

Over: STREAM

4.0W OF BANCROFT, Nemaha, KS

Built 2003 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 10

20TH RD.

Good

Over: COW CREEK

AT SAXMAN, Rice, KS

Built 1990 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 100

AVE. N

Good

Over: JARVIS CREEK

1.0S 4.6E OF LYONS, Rice, KS

Built 1988 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 35

N ROAD

Good

Over: ELM CREEK

4.0S 1.9E OF STOCKTON, Rooks, KS

Built 1982 Load: 22.3 t ADT: 25

NW Butler Rd

Good

Over: TRIB. WHITEWATER RIVER

1.5W 6.4N OF BENTON, Butler, KS

Built 1959 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 755

RS 222 - 43 Rd

Good

Over: RATTLESNAKE CREEK

7.5N OF BRENHAM, Kiowa, KS

Built 1982 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 20

RS 1527 - Rd K

Good

Over: TRIB TO RATTLESNAKE CR

1.2S 3.5W OF GREENSBURG, Kiowa, KS

Built 1989 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 220

RS 191 466-809.54

Good

Over: GYPSUM CREEK

3.0S 9.5E OF SALINA, Saline, KS

Built 1971 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 228

81st St. N.

Good

Over: Little Arkansas River

0.0W OF VALLEY CENTER, Sedgwick, KS

Built 1981 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 3,217

Cream Road

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

3.5E 4.8S OF ISABEL, Barber, KS

Built 1994 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 30

SW 60th

Good

Over: BRANCH OF INDIANOLA CR.

1.0E 3.5S OF BENTON, Butler, KS

Built 1953 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 125

LOCAL 1.0N-12.5E

Good

Over: WEST TAUY CREEK

3.5E 2.0S OF WORDEN, Douglas, KS

Built 1980 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 181

LOCAL 6.0N-22.67E

Good

Over: CAPTAIN CREEK

1.0S 5.5E OF VINLAND, Douglas, KS

Built 1977 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 46

PARALLEL 5.0-DD.9

Good

Over: SWEDE CREEK

8.5S 2.0E OF WATERVILLE, Marshall, KS

Built 1989 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 10

17 ROAD

Good

Over: MIDDLE FORK BEAVER CREEK

6.8N 2.0W OF GOODLAND, Sherman, KS

Built 1986 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 20

County Rd 24

Good

Over: TRIB TO S FORK SOLOMON

1.5N OF MINGO, Thomas, KS

Built 1964 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 60

CRAWFORD STREET

Good

Over: SMOKY HILL RIVER

2.9 E OF I-135, Saline, KS

Built 1981 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 12,000

WB US-81 47TH ST

Good

Over: I-135

I-135/KTA/47TH STREET, Sedgwick, KS

Built 2011 Load: 22.4 t ADT: 11,700

SW Butler Rd.

Good

Over: POLECAT CREEK

3.1S OF ROSE HILL, Butler, KS

Built 1963 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 1,800

RS 259 7.0-9.5

Good

Over: PAYNE CREEK

3.4W OF PRINCETON, Franklin, KS

Built 1984 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 580

RS 393 - Elk Dr.

Good

Over: TRIB. TO BRUSH CREEK

3.0W OF WESTFALL, Lincoln, KS

Built 1981 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 90

Showing 13,401-13,450 of 24,894 bridges

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