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Butler County, KY

98 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 9.2% rated Good, 81.6% Fair, 9.2% Poor.

98
Public bridges
9.2%
Good condition
9.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Butler 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.

90th
of 120 on Poor share
9.2%
Poor-condition share
98
public highway bridges
1971
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.

Butler County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Butler County ranks #90 of 120 Kentucky counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.2%). Butler County, Kentucky contains 98 public highway bridges. Roughly 9.2% are rated “Good,” 81.6% “Fair,” and 9.2% “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

98

Public highway bridges in Butler County

Good condition

9.2%

9 of 98 rated 7-9

Fair condition

81.6%

80 of 98 rated 5-6

Poor condition

9.2%

9 of 98 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#90 of 120

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

Condition distribution

Share of 98 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
9.2% (9)
Fair
81.6% (80)
Poor
9.2% (9)

Butler County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,475 vehicle crossings a day

That is 2.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 386 crossings a day against 1,171 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 98 of 98 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

62.2% of Butler County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

61 of the 98 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 9.2% 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 58.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US-231 over W FK INDIAN CAMP CREEK, built 1940, carries 2,036 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 3,475 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Butler County's bridges were built

98 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 22 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1971, 7 years older than the Kentucky average of 1978.

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

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

The 5 Kentucky counties nearest Butler County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.2% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1971 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 6 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Butler County and the 5 Kentucky counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Bullitt County 99 8.1%
Johnson County 99 3%
Butler County (this page) 98 9.2%
Mason County 97 8.2%
Fulton County 95 11.6%
Henry County 94 12.8%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside KY (98 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside KY (1971 here).

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

All 98 Good 9 Fair 80 Poor 9

Fair-condition bridges (80)

KY-70

Fair

Over: BR OFF MUD RIVER

.80 MI WEST OF JCT KY 106, Butler, KY

Built 1938 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,243

KY-70

Fair

Over: BR OFF MUD RIVER

.85 MI WEST OF JCT KY 106, Butler, KY

Built 1938 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,243

KY-185

Fair

Over: WILFORD CREEK

.25 MI SOU. OF JCT KY 70, Butler, KY

Built 1940 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,840

KY-340

Fair

Over: NEW ZION CREEK

1.2 MI NOR. OF JCT KY 70, Butler, KY

Built 1952 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 111

KY-949

Fair

Over: DEER LICK CREEK

.40 MI SOUTH JCT KY 106, Butler, KY

Built 1955 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 130

KY-1187

Fair

Over: BIG MUDDY CREEK

1.4 MI. WEST OF KY 1153, Butler, KY

Built 1984 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 83

KY-70

Fair

Over: MUDDY CREEK

1.5 MI W OF JCT KY 1117, Butler, KY

Built 1935 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 2,127

LOVE/BROOKLYN RD

Fair

Over: WELCH CREEK

200 FT E JCT KY 340, Butler, KY

Built 1989 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 139

KY-2269

Fair

Over: INDIAN CAMP CREEK

0.4 MI E OF JCT KY 1118, Butler, KY

Built 1960 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 114

KY-1083

Fair

Over: LITTLE MUDDY CREEK

2.9MI.N JCT. WARREN CO LN, Butler, KY

Built 1993 Load: 42.6 t ADT: 244

KY-403

Fair

Over: RENFROW CREEK

.70 MI S OF JCT US 231, Butler, KY

Built 1956 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 866

KY-106

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF DEER LICK CREE

.20 MI SOU. OF JCT KY 949, Butler, KY

Built 1951 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 240

KY-2713

Fair

Over: E PRONG INDIAN CAMP CREE

0.1 MI. NORTH JCT.KY.79, Butler, KY

Built 1984 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 537

POSSUM HOLLOW SCHO

Fair

Over: E PRONG INDIAN CAMP CREE

0.3 MI. WEST- JCT. KY79, Butler, KY

Built 1940 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 140

I-165

Fair

Over: LITTLE MUDDY CREEK

SBL 3.7MI S-S/NTRCH US231, Butler, KY

Built 1972 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 6,056

I-165

Fair

Over: LITTLE MUDDY CREEK

NBL 3.7MI SOUTH OF US231, Butler, KY

Built 1972 Load: 44.8 t ADT: 6,056

KY-403

Fair

Over: BLACK SWAMP CREEK

3 MI S OF JCT US 231, Butler, KY

Built 1970 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 228

LOVE-BROOKLYN ROAD

Fair

Over: BEE TREE BRANCH

1.6 MI E OF JCT KY340, Butler, KY

Built 2012 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 139

KY-2267

Fair

Over: TRIB- SANDY CREEK

.54 MI S JCT KY 70, Butler, KY

Built 1997 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 116

US-231

Fair

Over: I-165

1 MI E OF OHIO CO.LN., Butler, KY

Built 1972 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 2,466

KY-2713

Fair

Over: INDIAN CAMP CREEK

4.758 MI N OF KY 79, Butler, KY

Built 2004 Load: 50.9 t ADT: 134

GILSTRAP-IND. SCHL

Fair

Over: INDIAN CAMP CREEK

3.1 MI W OF JCT W/ KY 79, Butler, KY

Built 1999 Load: 51.2 t ADT: 31

I-165

Fair

Over: RENFROW CREEK

.2 MI SOUTH OF US 231, Butler, KY

Built 1972 Load: 55.9 t ADT: 12,112

CANEY FORK RD

Fair

Over: BRUSHY FORK CREEK

1.5 MI S OF JCT KY 626, Butler, KY

Built 1970 Load: 57.7 t ADT: 76

KY-1153

Fair

Over: MUDDY CREEK

.35 MI WEST OF JCT KY 626, Butler, KY

Built 1968 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 239

I-165

Fair

Over: US 231

SBL I-165 OVER US 231, Butler, KY

Built 1972 Load: 58.9 t ADT: 6,156

I-165

Fair

Over: US 231

NBL OVER US 231 @ EXIT 26, Butler, KY

Built 1972 Load: 58.9 t ADT: 6,156

KY-70

Fair

Over: LITTLE REEDY CREEK

3.291 MI W OF JCT KY 185, Butler, KY

Built 2004 Load: 63.4 t ADT: 1,108

KY 1153

Fair

Over: GRASSY LICK CREEK

.9 MI N OF JCT KY 1187, Butler, KY

Built 1971 Load: 67.1 t ADT: 318

KY-70

Fair

Over: LINDSEY CREEK

.30 MI EAST OF JCT US 231, Butler, KY

Built 1972 Load: 99.8 t ADT: 887

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.