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Breckinridge County, KY

91 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 37.4% rated Good, 54.9% Fair, 7.7% Poor.

91
Public bridges
37.4%
Good condition
7.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Breckinridge County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.

69th
of 120 on Poor share
7.7%
Poor-condition share
91
public highway bridges
1973
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.

Breckinridge County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Breckinridge County ranks #69 of 120 Kentucky counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.7%). Breckinridge County, Kentucky contains 91 public highway bridges. Roughly 37.4% are rated “Good,” 54.9% “Fair,” and 7.7% “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

91

Public highway bridges in Breckinridge County

Good condition

37.4%

34 of 91 rated 7-9

Fair condition

54.9%

50 of 91 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.7%

7 of 91 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#69 of 120

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

Condition distribution

Share of 91 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
37.4% (34)
Fair
54.9% (50)
Poor
7.7% (7)

Breckinridge County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,550 vehicle crossings a day

That is 5.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 364 crossings a day against 825 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.

Computed over the 91 of 91 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

54.9% of Breckinridge County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

50 of the 91 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 37.4% 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.

One structure carries 56.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

KY-79 over LONG LICK CREEK, built 1960, carries 1,440 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 7-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 2,550 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Breckinridge County's bridges were built

91 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 18 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.8% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1973, 5 years older than the Kentucky average of 1978.

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

How Breckinridge County compares with Kentucky's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Kentucky counties nearest Breckinridge County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.7% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1973 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is 7 years older.

Showing the 5 closest of 119 Kentucky counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Breckinridge County and the 5 Kentucky counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Cumberland County 93 5.4%
Taylor County 92 2.2%
Breckinridge County (this page) 91 7.7%
Bath County 89 4.5%
Boyd County 89 9%
Boyle County 89 3.4%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside KY (91 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside KY (1973 here).

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

All 91 Good 34 Fair 50 Poor 7

Good-condition bridges (34)

KY 737

Good

Over: Rough River Lake

At Breck-Grayson line, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1966 Load: 13.9 t ADT: 2,005

KY-1073

Good

Over: NORTH FORK OF ROUGH RIVE

1.7 MI SE OF JCT KY 1401, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1963 Load: 34.1 t ADT: 347

KY-992

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK HONEY LOCUST

2.7 Mi SE of KY 144, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1997 Load: 34.2 t ADT: 138

OLD RAILROAD RD

Good

Over: TRIB- HARRIS FORK

.2 MI E. JCT KY 629, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1991 Load: 35.2 t ADT: 49

KY-86

Good

Over: SUGAR TREE RUN CREEK

2.3 MI SOU. OF JCT KY 144, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1957 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 123

KY-105

Good

Over: CANEY CREEK

3.1 MI SOU. OF JCT US 60, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1959 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 293

KY-261

Good

Over: HARDIN CREEK

0.3 Mi South of US 60, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1934 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,846

KY-261

Good

Over: DRY FORK

.60 MI WEST OF JCT KY 629, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1940 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 914

KY-259

Good

Over: FORK OF HARDIN CREEK

2.6 MI N OF N-JCT US 60, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1941 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,563

KY-110

Good

Over: POND RUN CREEK

ON OHIO - BRECKINRIDGE CL, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1960 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 188

KY-86

Good

Over: DRY VALLEY CREEK

.1 MI S OF N-JCT KY 261, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1957 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 219

KY-690

Good

Over: MUDDY PRONG

1.2 MI W-CR5170@FAIRFIELD, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1955 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 329

US-60

Good

Over: CLOVER CREEK

.4 MI.E JCT KY 105, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1993 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 3,928

KY-1385

Good

Over: DORRIDGE CREEK

1.0 MI NOR JCT KY 261, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1991 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 89

KY-259

Good

Over: YELLOWBANK CREEK

4.7 MI. N-JCT. KY 144, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1982 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 75

KY-992

Good

Over: CLOVER CREEK

1.2 MI EAST OF JCT KY 105, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1956 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 689

KY-144

Good

Over: TOWN CREEK

3.7 MI.NOR.JCT US 60, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1982 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 250

US-60

Good

Over: SINKING CREEK

.8 MI SW OF W-JCT KY 333, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1981 Load: 46.1 t ADT: 6,017

Old Railroad Rd

Good

Over: Trib of Daniels Creek

0.1 Mi N of Jct KY 108, Breckinridge, KY

Built 2011 Load: 46.6 t ADT: 67

Jake Horsley Lane

Good

Over: Tributary of Lick Run

0.1 Mile East of KY 259, Breckinridge, KY

Built 2015 Load: 46.9 t ADT: 20

Circle K Ranch Rd.

Good

Over: Sugar Creek

0.1 Mi S Jct KY 86, Breckinridge, KY

Built 2020 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 10

Old Railroad Rd

Good

Over: Daniels Creek

1.3 Mi N of KY 108, Breckinridge, KY

Built 2013 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 67

FairfieldBurrasRd

Good

Over: Muddy Prong

1.2 Miles North of KY 690, Breckinridge, KY

Built 2014 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 226

OLD RAILRD ROAD

Good

Over: HARRIS FORK

2.6 MI W JCT KY 629, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1991 Load: 52.3 t ADT: 55

KY-261

Good

Over: HOPPER BRANCH

.50 MI EAST OF JCT KY 629, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1940 Load: 53.7 t ADT: 1,233

KY-992

Good

Over: TAR FORK CREEK

4.3 Mi SE of KY 144, Breckinridge, KY

Built 2001 Load: 53.9 t ADT: 138

KY 108

Good

Over: Long Lick Creek

_, Breckinridge, KY

Built 2006 Load: 54.3 t ADT: 189

KY-629

Good

Over: HARRIS FORK

0.1 MI S OF JCT KY 629, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1960 Load: 55.7 t ADT: 78

ROSETTA-CORNERS RD

Good

Over: SINKING CREEK

2.2 MI NE JCT KY 86, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1994 Load: 62.7 t ADT: 387

KY-992

Good

Over: HARDING CREEK

0.1 MI FROM WCL-H-BURG, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1995 Load: 63.1 t ADT: 1,329

Lon Dowell Rd

Good

Over: CSX Railroad

0.2 mi N Jct US 60, Breckinridge, KY

Built 2015 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 412

US-60

Good

Over: HITES RUN

1.8 MI E. OF JCT.KY 144, Breckinridge, KY

Built 2002 Load: 64.5 t ADT: 2,969

Dents Bridge Road

Good

Over: Sinking Creek

1.3 Mi E of Jct US 60, Breckinridge, KY

Built 2019 Load: 79.1 t ADT: 108

KY-992

Good

Over: BIG BRANCH

1.0 MI EAST OF JCT KY 105, Breckinridge, KY

Built 1956 Load: 87.8 t ADT: 689

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