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

G Road

Good

Over: NICHOLS CREEK

2.0N 11.5W OF COLDWATER, Comanche, KS

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 155

21st RD

Good

Over: TRIB. TO SPRING CREEK

5.0W 4.1N OF WINFIELD, Cowley, KS

Built 1934 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,665

21st RD

Good

Over: TRIB. TO SAND CREEK

3 south of Udall, Cowley, KS

Built 1946 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,665

181st RD

Good

Over: TRIB. TO GROUSE CREEK

3.0N.E. CAMERON CITY, Cowley, KS

Built 1947 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 70

291st RD

Good

Over: TRIB. TO CRABB CREEK

1.9N OF HOOSER, Cowley, KS

Built 1934 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

265th RD

Good

Over: SHORT CREEK

1.6N OF CAMBRIDGE, Cowley, KS

Built 1934 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 175

271st RD

Good

Over: TRIB. TO GROUSE CREEK

2.5N OF CAMBRIDGE, Cowley, KS

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 175

71st RD

Good

Over: TRIB. TO WALNUT RIVER

N.E. EDGE ARKANSAS CITY, Cowley, KS

Built 1955 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 675

RS 197 P17-E2

Good

Over: DEER CREEK

1620 2100 Ave, Dickinson, KS

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 495

RS 199 O9-S59

Good

Over: CREEK

2841 Mink Rd, Dickinson, KS

Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 255

RS 1084 L14-S2

Good

Over: CREEK

2380 Jeep Rd, Dickinson, KS

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 680

RS 1082 F19-E5

Good

Over: HOLLAND CREEK

650 1900 Ave, Dickinson, KS

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200

RS 28

Good

Over: BRUSH CREEK

2.0N 2.5E OF DONIPHAN, Doniphan, KS

Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 96

Turkey

Good

Over: TRIB. TO SALT CREEK

8.5N 3.6E OF HOWARD, Elk, KS

Built 1952 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 90

Codell Avenue

Good

Over: SALINE RIVER TRIBUTARY

10.4N 1.5E OF CATHARINE, Ellis, KS

Built 1989 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 95

Butterfield Trail

Good

Over: CEDAR BLUFF CANAL

9.5S 0.1W OF ELLIS, Ellis, KS

Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 65

Old Highway 40

Good

Over: BIG CREEK TRIBUTARY

1.4S 2.0E OF HAYS, Ellis, KS

Built 1931 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,400

270th Avenue

Good

Over: TRIBUTARY TO BIG CREEK

0.1N 1.0W OF MUNJOR, Ellis, KS

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 160

270th Avenue

Good

Over: TRIB. TO BIG CREEK

1.0W 1.4N OF MUNJOR, Ellis, KS

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 160

Ave Q

Good

Over: TRIB. TO PLUM CREEK

1.4W 3.6N OF HOLYROOD, Ellsworth, KS

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

750 Road

Good

Over: TRIB. SMOKY HILL RIVER

0.4S OF BLACK WOLF, Ellsworth, KS

Built 2008 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 55

Ave T

Good

Over: THOMPSON CREEK

2.0E 5.0N OF GENESEO, Ellsworth, KS

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 45

Old Hwy 40

Good

Over: TRIB. SMOKY HILL RIVER

W. EDGE CITY OF ELLSWORTH, Ellsworth, KS

Built 1934 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 770

RS 380 (BYLER RD)

Good

Over: TRIB. PAWNEE RIVER

3.4N OF KALVESTA, Finney, KS

Built 1935 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

RS 1671 Holcomb Ln

Good

Over: Arkansas River

.75mi S of Holcomb, Finney, KS

Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,613

RS 253 (GARNETT)

Good

Over: SAWLOG CREEK

9.5W 5.0N OF DODGE CITY, Ford, KS

Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 520

RS 255 (RD 110)

Good

Over: SAWLOG CREEK

10.4N 2.0W OF DODGE CITY, Ford, KS

Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 460

RS 953 (JEWELL RD)

Good

Over: TRIB. TO COON CREEK

5.5E OF WRIGHT, Ford, KS

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 130

RS 1647 9.3-7.0

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

0.7N OF HOMEWOOD, Franklin, KS

Built 1940 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 183

63 ROAD (RS 1542)

Good

Over: SMOKY HILL RIVER

15.1S 8.8E OF GOVE, Gove, KS

Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40

170 AVE (RS 281)

Good

Over: YOUNGS CREEK

2.0E 3.3N OF MORLAND, Graham, KS

Built 1938 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 105

200 AVE (RS 718)

Good

Over: JACKSON BRANCH

6.2S 0.25W OF PENOKEE, Graham, KS

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

DD ROAD (RS 861)

Good

Over: BOW CREEK

11.0N 0.3W OF NICODEMUS, Graham, KS

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80

R Road

Good

Over: CIMARRON RIVER

7.0E 11.0S OF ULYSSES, Grant, KS

Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 600

RS 1453 - S Road

Good

Over: TRIB. TO ARKANSAS RIVER

6.0N 0.5W OF ENSIGN, Gray, KS

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 210

RS 927 RD 25

Good

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

4.0S 4.0W OF SYRACUSE, Hamilton, KS

Built 1955 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 80

RS 226 (RD 228)

Good

Over: SAWLOG CREEK

6.0S OF HANSTON, Hodgeman, KS

Built 1986 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 85

RS 800 278 S2

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

3.0S 1.0W OF NETAWAKA, Jackson, KS

Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 65

RS 334 BSN 70

Good

Over: WHITE ROCK CREEK

2.9E OF SALEM, Jewell, KS

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40

RS 341 BSN 410

Good

Over: TRIB. TO LIMESTONE CK.

0.5S 3.8E OF IONIA, Jewell, KS

Built 1949 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 132

RS 243 (RIVER RD)

Good

Over: ARKANSAS RIVER OVERFLOW

1.0S OF DEERFIELD, Kearny, KS

Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 850

RS 294 (RD 250)

Good

Over: TRIB. TO MATTOX DRAW

10.5N 5.5E of LAKIN, Kearny, KS

Built 1955 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

RS 294 (RD 250)

Good

Over: MATTOX DRAW

11.0N 3.1W. OF LAKIN, Kearny, KS

Built 1954 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 320

RS 922 (RD AA)

Good

Over: MATTOX DRAW

17.0N OF KENDALL, Hamilton, KS

Built 1956 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

RS 1522(K Road)

Good

Over: AMAZON DITCH

4.0S 6.5W of Lakin, Kearny, KS

Built 1956 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 20

RS 1522 (RD L)

Good

Over: TRIB TO MATTOX DRAW

6.0N 6.0W OF LAKIN, Kearny, KS

Built 1956 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 140

RS 1522 (RD K)

Good

Over: TRIB. TO MADDOX DRAW

9.0N 6.0W OF LAKIN, Kearny, KS

Built 1956 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 140

RS 1522 (RD L)

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK MATTOX DRAW

10.6N 5.0W OF LAKIN, Kearny, KS

Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 50

RS 1522 (RD L)

Good

Over: JAMES DRAW

14.5N 5.0W OF LAKIN, Kearny, KS

Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

River Road

Good

Over: WEST DRAW

2.0S 12.3W OF LAKIN, Kearny, KS

Built 1935 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 40

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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.