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Kentucky Bridge Conditions
Highway bridges longer than 20 feet in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory
Yearly inspection ratings. A poor rating does not mean a bridge is unsafe to use.
- Highway bridges
- 14,590
- Good condition
- 26.8%
- 3,916
- Poor condition
- 7.5%
- 1,088
- Weight-limited or closed
- 4,508
Bridges by county
| County | Bridges | Good | Poor | Weight-limited | Avg. year built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | 143 | 18.9% | 8.4% (12) | 51 | 1976 |
| Allen County | 88 | 17% | 5.7% (5) | 27 | 1983 |
| Anderson County | 84 | 17.9% | 10.7% (9) | 28 | 1975 |
| Ballard County | 85 | 28.2% | 14.1% (12) | 42 | 1971 |
| Barren County | 148 | 16.9% | 3.4% (5) | 43 | 1974 |
| Bath County | 89 | 27% | 4.5% (4) | 21 | 1974 |
| Bell County | 205 | 15.1% | 9.3% (19) | 93 | 1977 |
| Boone County | 139 | 41% | 5.8% (8) | 41 | 1981 |
| Bourbon County | 111 | 17.1% | 7.2% (8) | 50 | 1974 |
| Boyd County | 89 | 31.5% | 7.9% (7) | 27 | 1984 |
| Boyle County | 89 | 18% | 4.5% (4) | 36 | 1976 |
| Bracken County | 49 | 32.7% | 14.3% (7) | 16 | 1983 |
| Breathitt County | 125 | 46.4% | 5.6% (7) | 44 | 1979 |
| Breckinridge County | 91 | 37.4% | 7.7% (7) | 27 | 1973 |
| Bullitt County | 99 | 8.1% | 7.1% (7) | 28 | 1980 |
| Butler County | 97 | 12.4% | 8.2% (8) | 37 | 1972 |
| Caldwell County | 116 | 21.6% | 5.2% (6) | 39 | 1974 |
| Calloway County | 211 | 28.4% | 12.3% (26) | 86 | 1979 |
| Campbell County | 130 | 33.8% | 6.9% (9) | 44 | 1978 |
| Carlisle County | 75 | 37.3% | 4% (3) | 26 | 1974 |
| Carroll County | 68 | 13.2% | 11.8% (8) | 22 | 1970 |
| Carter County | 189 | 19.6% | 5.3% (10) | 71 | 1974 |
| Casey County | 143 | 12.6% | 9.1% (13) | 43 | 1976 |
| Christian County | 299 | 24.1% | 3% (9) | 89 | 1981 |
| Clark County | 117 | 27.4% | 12% (14) | 40 | 1977 |
| Clay County | 165 | 21.2% | 13.9% (23) | 62 | 1979 |
| Clinton County | 41 | 14.6% | 4.9% (2) | 18 | 1971 |
| Crittenden County | 88 | 30.7% | 11.4% (10) | 42 | 1973 |
| Cumberland County | 93 | 19.4% | 7.5% (7) | 41 | 1981 |
| Daviess County | 282 | 22.3% | 6% (17) | 78 | 1980 |
| Edmonson County | 39 | 15.4% | 12.8% (5) | 13 | 1969 |
| Elliott County | 53 | 7.5% | 17% (9) | 31 | 1977 |
| Estill County | 56 | 35.7% | 8.9% (5) | 25 | 1977 |
| Fayette County | 200 | 23% | 7% (14) | 38 | 1980 |
| Fleming County | 117 | 34.2% | 6% (7) | 51 | 1976 |
| Floyd County | 161 | 24.8% | 8.7% (14) | 43 | 1979 |
| Franklin County | 117 | 12.8% | 11.1% (13) | 33 | 1980 |
| Fulton County | 96 | 25% | 14.6% (14) | 30 | 1966 |
| Gallatin County | 55 | 21.8% | 3.6% (2) | 13 | 1971 |
| Garrard County | 67 | 25.4% | 6% (4) | 35 | 1980 |
| Grant County | 79 | 57% | 7.6% (6) | 15 | 1988 |
| Graves County | 380 | 29.5% | 10.5% (40) | 123 | 1976 |
| Grayson County | 119 | 37% | 5% (6) | 32 | 1972 |
| Green County | 57 | 54.4% | 10.5% (6) | 16 | 1979 |
| Greenup County | 162 | 51.2% | 1.9% (3) | 38 | 1992 |
| Hancock County | 70 | 8.6% | 2.9% (2) | 28 | 1975 |
| Hardin County | 221 | 46.2% | 3.6% (8) | 47 | 1983 |
| Harlan County | 253 | 26.9% | 15.4% (39) | 102 | 1980 |
| Harrison County | 153 | 38.6% | 5.9% (9) | 49 | 1983 |
| Hart County | 57 | 42.1% | 1.8% (1) | 16 | 1980 |
| Henderson County | 181 | 11% | 6.6% (12) | 55 | 1979 |
| Henry County | 94 | 21.3% | 11.7% (11) | 27 | 1980 |
| Hickman County | 122 | 28.7% | 10.7% (13) | 41 | 1970 |
| Hopkins County | 249 | 11.6% | 7.2% (18) | 65 | 1968 |
| Jackson County | 55 | 27.3% | 9.1% (5) | 25 | 1972 |
| Jefferson County | 677 | 11.5% | 7.8% (53) | 126 | 1980 |
| Jessamine County | 58 | 24.1% | 1.7% (1) | 19 | 1980 |
| Johnson County | 99 | 26.3% | 3% (3) | 20 | 1983 |
| Kenton County | 142 | 39.4% | 9.9% (14) | 36 | 1978 |
| Knott County | 141 | 41.1% | 9.9% (14) | 51 | 1984 |
| Knox County | 125 | 20% | 7.2% (9) | 47 | 1979 |
| Larue County | 54 | 55.6% | 5.6% (3) | 11 | 1982 |
| Laurel County | 133 | 23.3% | 3.8% (5) | 43 | 1977 |
| Lawrence County | 104 | 25% | 5.8% (6) | 21 | 1985 |
| Lee County | 42 | 38.1% | 4.8% (2) | 12 | 1979 |
| Leslie County | 112 | 30.4% | 11.6% (13) | 47 | 1980 |
| Letcher County | 181 | 39.8% | 9.4% (17) | 57 | 1983 |
| Lewis County | 149 | 26.8% | 4% (6) | 53 | 1983 |
| Lincoln County | 136 | 15.4% | 4.4% (6) | 46 | 1976 |
| Livingston County | 104 | 30.8% | 2.9% (3) | 36 | 1974 |
| Logan County | 136 | 17.6% | 3.7% (5) | 29 | 1978 |
| Lyon County | 79 | 13.9% | 3.8% (3) | 23 | 1971 |
| Madison County | 157 | 24.8% | 8.3% (13) | 42 | 1977 |
| Magoffin County | 107 | 50.5% | 2.8% (3) | 20 | 1990 |
| Marion County | 149 | 49% | 8.7% (13) | 38 | 1981 |
| Marshall County | 207 | 40.1% | 4.8% (10) | 74 | 1976 |
| Martin County | 70 | 31.4% | 14.3% (10) | 21 | 1986 |
| Mason County | 97 | 30.9% | 8.2% (8) | 33 | 1980 |
| McCracken County | 200 | 39.5% | 7.5% (15) | 40 | 1980 |
| McCreary County | 41 | 26.8% | 14.6% (6) | 14 | 1983 |
| McLean County | 75 | 9.3% | 10.7% (8) | 20 | 1965 |
| Meade County | 24 | 33.3% | 8.3% (2) | 5 | 1986 |
| Menifee County | 50 | 34% | 2% (1) | 15 | 1976 |
| Mercer County | 76 | 32.9% | 7.9% (6) | 22 | 1983 |
| Metcalfe County | 78 | 12.8% | 2.6% (2) | 24 | 1975 |
| Monroe County | 69 | 20.3% | 7.2% (5) | 27 | 1966 |
| Montgomery County | 74 | 23% | 10.8% (8) | 26 | 1978 |
| Morgan County | 113 | 50.4% | 5.3% (6) | 26 | 1982 |
| Muhlenberg County | 152 | 12.5% | 4.6% (7) | 38 | 1967 |
| Nelson County | 151 | 37.7% | 9.3% (14) | 39 | 1974 |
| Nicholas County | 82 | 26.8% | 3.7% (3) | 23 | 1973 |
| Ohio County | 227 | 11.5% | 7% (16) | 75 | 1971 |
| Oldham County | 68 | 13.2% | 7.4% (5) | 19 | 1980 |
| Owen County | 54 | 18.5% | 3.7% (2) | 21 | 1975 |
| Owsley County | 55 | 38.2% | 5.5% (3) | 20 | 1982 |
| Pendleton County | 94 | 34% | 3.2% (3) | 30 | 1978 |
| Perry County | 178 | 44.4% | 5.1% (9) | 44 | 1987 |
| Pike County | 332 | 31.3% | 11.7% (39) | 111 | 1986 |
| Powell County | 110 | 39.1% | 1.8% (2) | 29 | 1975 |
| Pulaski County | 181 | 20.4% | 5% (9) | 59 | 1981 |
| Robertson County | 23 | 39.1% | 4.3% (1) | 6 | 1977 |
| Rockcastle County | 87 | 19.5% | 9.2% (8) | 30 | 1983 |
| Rowan County | 129 | 31.8% | 4.7% (6) | 50 | 1981 |
| Russell County | 46 | 21.7% | 8.7% (4) | 12 | 1975 |
| Scott County | 182 | 29.1% | 8.8% (16) | 30 | 1986 |
| Shelby County | 137 | 10.9% | 8% (11) | 33 | 1982 |
| Simpson County | 51 | 39.2% | 5.9% (3) | 11 | 1992 |
| Spencer County | 58 | 17.2% | 8.6% (5) | 10 | 1983 |
| Taylor County | 92 | 53.3% | 2.2% (2) | 18 | 1984 |
| Todd County | 79 | 17.7% | 7.6% (6) | 20 | 1972 |
| Trigg County | 108 | 41.7% | 8.3% (9) | 26 | 1981 |
| Trimble County | 46 | 6.5% | 8.7% (4) | 17 | 1986 |
| Union County | 127 | 23.6% | 7.9% (10) | 41 | 1972 |
| Warren County | 106 | 18.9% | 3.8% (4) | 20 | 1984 |
| Washington County | 106 | 47.2% | 10.4% (11) | 36 | 1982 |
| Wayne County | 75 | 22.7% | 16% (12) | 28 | 1978 |
| Webster County | 143 | 8.4% | 10.5% (15) | 45 | 1969 |
| Whitley County | 150 | 25.3% | 5.3% (8) | 43 | 1974 |
| Wolfe County | 81 | 60.5% | 3.7% (3) | 14 | 1983 |
| Woodford County | 60 | 25% | 11.7% (7) | 18 | 1976 |
Frequently asked questions
- How many bridges in Kentucky are in poor condition?
- In the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, 1,088 of 14,590 highway bridges in Kentucky were rated poor (7.5% of rated bridges).
- Which Kentucky counties have the most bridges in poor condition?
- Among counties with at least 30 bridges, the highest shares rated poor are Elliott County (17%), Wayne County (16%), Harlan County (15.4%), Fulton County (14.6%), McCreary County (14.6%).
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory ยท 2025 data