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Campbell County, KY

130 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 33.1% rated Good, 59.2% Fair, 7.7% Poor.

130
Public bridges: 33.1%
Good condition: 7.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Campbell County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

68th
of 120 on Poor share: 7.7%
Poor-condition share: 130
public highway bridges: 1979
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.

Campbell County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Campbell County ranks #68 of 120 Kentucky counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.7%). Campbell County, Kentucky contains 130 public highway bridges. Roughly 33.1% are rated “Good,” 59.2% “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

130

Public highway bridges in Campbell County

Good condition

33.1%

43 of 130 rated 7-9

Fair condition

59.2%

77 of 130 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.7%

10 of 130 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#68 of 120

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

Condition distribution

Share of 130 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

33.1% (43)

Fair

59.2% (77)

Poor

7.7% (10)

Campbell County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,915 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 392 crossings a day against 5,755 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 129 of 130 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

40.8% of Campbell County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

53 of the 130 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 33.1% 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 21.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

KY-1997 over BRUSH CREEK, built 1974, carries 849 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 10-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 3,915 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1920s

4
1930s

4
1940s

3
1950s

9
1960s

9
1970s

47
1980s

13
1990s

20
2000s

9
2010s

11
2020s

1

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 47 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 36.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Kentucky average (1978).

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

The 5 Kentucky counties nearest Campbell County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.7% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Campbell County and the 5 Kentucky counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Knott County	134	35.8%	51.5%	12.7%	1981
Laurel County	131	22.1%	73.3%	4.6%	1976
Rowan County	130	34.6%	60.8%	4.6%	1981
Campbell County (this page)	130	33.1%	59.2%	7.7%	1979
Knox County	127	19.7%	72.4%	7.9%	1979
Union County	127	21.3%	70.9%	7.9%	1972

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside KY (130 bridges here).

Kit Carson County, CO · 130 bridges
Bay County, FL · 130 bridges
Lowndes County, GA · 130 bridges
Whitfield County, GA · 130 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside KY (1979 here).

Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges
Madison County, IL · avg 1979 · 523 bridges

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

All 130 Good 43 Fair 77 Poor 10

Good-condition bridges (43)

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Campbell County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Campbell County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,915 vehicle crossings a day

40.8% of Campbell County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 21.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

Good-condition bridges (43)

MOOCK ROAD

CS-1204

CR-1316

KY-10

KY-9

RIFLE RANGE RD

MURNAN RD

KY-9

Gibson Road New A

CR 1103

KY-9

KY1996

KY-2924

KY-10

E 6TH ST

MALLARD DRIVE

East Cabin 1374

BLANGEY RD

CR-1316

KY-9 (AA)

CR-1129 Cryer Rd.

I-471 RAMP

VISALIA ROAD

KY 2921

I-275 EB

KY-547

PLUM CREEK ROAD

KY-10

KY-10

KY-1120

KY-2238

UHL ROAD

Jerry Wright Rd.

Uhl Rd.

KY-10

KY-1996

Waterworks Rd.

KY-2925

KY-1936

WASHINGTON TRACE R

US-27

LOWER TUG FORK RD

KY-9

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