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Casey County, KY

143 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 14.7% rated Good, 77.6% Fair, 7.7% Poor.

143
Public bridges
14.7%
Good condition
7.7%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

67th
of 120 on Poor share
7.7%
Poor-condition share
143
public highway bridges
1976
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.

Casey County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Casey County ranks #67 of 120 Kentucky counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.7%). Casey County, Kentucky contains 143 public highway bridges. Roughly 14.7% are rated “Good,” 77.6% “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

143

Public highway bridges in Casey County

Good condition

14.7%

21 of 143 rated 7-9

Fair condition

77.6%

111 of 143 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.7%

11 of 143 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#67 of 120

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

Condition distribution

Share of 143 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
14.7% (21)
Fair
77.6% (111)
Poor
7.7% (11)

Casey County's Poor-condition bridges carry 16,916 vehicle crossings a day

That is 15% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,538 crossings a day against 990 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 143 of 143 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

43.4% of Casey County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

62 of the 143 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 14.7% 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 53.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

US-127 over GREEN RIVER IN LIBERTY, built 1957, carries 9,092 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 11-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 16,916 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Casey County's bridges were built

143 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 32 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 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Kentucky average (1978).

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

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

The 5 Kentucky counties nearest Casey County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.7% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1975 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Casey County and the 5 Kentucky counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Barren County 147 3.4%
Webster County 144 10.4%
Adair County 143 7.7%
Casey County (this page) 143 7.7%
Kenton County 142 7.7%
Boone County 138 4.3%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside KY (143 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside KY (1976 here).

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

All 143 Good 21 Fair 111 Poor 11

All bridges (143)

TURKEY CREEK RD

Fair

Over: SLOANS FORK

.05 MI E OF JCT CR 5169, Casey, KY

Built 1973 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 40

Hafley Branch Road

Fair

Over: COFFMAN BRANCH

.2 MI N JCT KY 78, Casey, KY

Built 1991 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 60

TURKEY CREEK RD

Fair

Over: TURKEY CREEK

.2 MI E OF JCT CR 5169, Casey, KY

Built 1973 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 40

FREYS CREEK RD

Fair

Over: FREY CREEK

350 WEST - KY 906, Casey, KY

Built 1991 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 30

DAVIDSON RD

Fair

Over: UPPER BRUSH CREEK

75 FT W CR 5006, Casey, KY

Built 1993 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 80

KY-198

Fair

Over: GREEN RIVER

.40 MI NOR. OF JCT KY 70, Casey, KY

Built 1967 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 1,374

SHUGARS HILL RD

Fair

Over: CALHOUN CREEK

1.0 MILE SOUTH OF US 127, Casey, KY

Built 1969 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 294

KY-70

Fair

Over: MOCCASIN CREEK

2 MI NE OF JCT KY 1649, Casey, KY

Built 1930 Load: 38.4 t ADT: 1,196

SHUCKS CREEK RD

Fair

Over: BRUSH CREEK

0.15 MI. N.W. JCT CR 5006, Casey, KY

Built 1988 Load: 38.5 t ADT: 173

GRIFFITH RIDGE RD

Fair

Over: CASEY CREEK

.05 MI N CR 5334, Casey, KY

Built 1991 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 50

PEYTON BRANCH RD

Fair

Over: BIC SOUTH FORK

.15 MI S KY 78, Casey, KY

Built 1991 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 30

KY-70

Fair

Over: UPPER HATTER CREEK

.80 MI N.W. OF JCT KY 837, Casey, KY

Built 1930 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 753

Murphy Branch Road

Fair

Over: BIG SOUTH FORK

.1 MI S KY 78, Casey, KY

Built 1991 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 20

KY-70

Fair

Over: KETTLE CREEK

.8 MI W OF JCT KY 1547, Casey, KY

Built 1930 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,899

KY-837

Fair

Over: ROCK LICK CREEK

.80 MI SOU. OF JCT KY 70, Casey, KY

Built 1935 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 378

KY-501

Fair

Over: BRUCE CHAPEL HOLLOW CREE

1.6 MI NE OF JCT KY 910, Casey, KY

Built 1935 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 944

KY-501

Fair

Over: TARTAR BRANCH

3.2 MI NE OF JCT KY 910, Casey, KY

Built 1935 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 372

KY-501

Fair

Over: TRACE FORK CREEK

2 MI SW OF JCT KY 1649, Casey, KY

Built 1935 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 372

DRY FORK RD

Fair

Over: LUTTRELL CREEK

.1 MI S. CR 5172, Casey, KY

Built 1991 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 170

Riffe Creek Sch Rd

Fair

Over: RIFFE CREEK

.313 MI. NE. OF KY 206, Casey, KY

Built 2008 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 120

KY-70

Fair

Over: HATTER CREEK

1.0 MI N.W. OF JCT KY 837, Casey, KY

Built 1930 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 753

KY-243

Fair

Over: BLACK LICK CREEK

1.0 MI SOU. OF BOYLE CL, Casey, KY

Built 1940 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 186

KY-78

Fair

Over: HORSE CAVE BRANCH

1.5 MI E OF JCT KY 243, Casey, KY

Built 1947 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 559

KY-501

Fair

Over: HATTER BRANCH

.6 MI NE OF JCT KY 1649, Casey, KY

Built 1936 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 592

KY-70

Fair

Over: HAMLIN BRANCH

.95 MI. EAST OF JCTKY1649, Casey, KY

Built 1989 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,196

CR-1359

Fair

Over: CASEY CREEK

.1 MI NW CR 5317, Casey, KY

Built 1990 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 80

MARTINS CREEK RD

Fair

Over: MARTINS CREEK

1.25 MI SE KY 49, Casey, KY

Built 1992 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 50

US-127

Fair

Over: FREY CREEK

.10 MI SOU. OF JCT KY 906, Casey, KY

Built 1963 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 5,181

MILL DAM RD

Fair

Over: GREEN RIVER

25 E JCT KY 198, Casey, KY

Built 1997 Load: 41.3 t ADT: 50

KY-70

Fair

Over: BR OF HATTER CREEK

1.7 MI S.E. OF JCT KY 501, Casey, KY

Built 1930 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 753

KY-78

Fair

Over: COULTERS BRANCH

.10 MI WEST OF JCT KY 243, Casey, KY

Built 1935 Load: 41.9 t ADT: 559

KY-70

Fair

Over: HATTER BRANCH

.05 MI S.E. OF JCT KY 501, Casey, KY

Built 1930 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 753

KY-70

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK

.1 MI E OF JCT KY 1742, Casey, KY

Built 1932 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 1,117

KY-49

Fair

Over: BUCK BRANCH

.4 MI W OF JCT KY 78, Casey, KY

Built 1930 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 534

Joe Patterson Road

Fair

Over: Indian Creek

0.05 M North of KY-3270, Casey, KY

Built 2019 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 10

KY-49

Fair

Over: BIG SOUTH FORK

0.3 MI.S. JCT KY 78, Casey, KY

Built 1982 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 776

US-127

Fair

Over: CALHOUN CREEK

3.3 MI N OF JCT KY 501, Casey, KY

Built 1955 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 4,562

UPPER BRUSH CREEK

Fair

Over: BR. OF FREY CREEK

0.4 MILE N. OF CR. 5058, Casey, KY

Built 2005 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 141

KY-78

Fair

Over: KAUFFMAN BRANCH

2.0 MI S.W. OF JCT KY 243, Casey, KY

Built 1935 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 559

KY-49

Fair

Over: INDIAN CREEK

.50 MI EAST OF MARION CL, Casey, KY

Built 1930 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 534

SHUGARS HILL RD

Fair

Over: MASON CREEK

1.75 MILE SOUTH OF US 127, Casey, KY

Built 1969 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 294

Windsor Rd.

Fair

Over: E. FK. OF GOOSE CREEK

0.7 MI N. OF JCT KY 80, Casey, KY

Built 2006 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 40

KY-70

Fair

Over: HICKMAN CREEK

1.5 MI NE OF JCT KY 1649, Casey, KY

Built 1930 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 1,196

US-127

Fair

Over: SOUTH FORK CREEK

.70 MI S.W. OF JCT KY 501, Casey, KY

Built 1955 Load: 45.9 t ADT: 3,501

MERRITT RIDGE RD

Fair

Over: DRY FORK CREEK

.45 MI E. JCT KY 910, Casey, KY

Built 2000 Load: 48.3 t ADT: 227

KY-501

Fair

Over: KNOB LICK CREEK

500 E OF N-JCT KY 70, Casey, KY

Built 1982 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 1,171

CR-1149

Fair

Over: TRACE FORK CREEK

.2 MI. EAST- KY 501, Casey, KY

Built 1993 Load: 51.2 t ADT: 334

CANEY FORK CREEK R

Fair

Over: CANEY FORK CREEK

2 -MI-N. JCT CR 5254, Casey, KY

Built 1991 Load: 51.9 t ADT: 30

Butchertown Road

Fair

Over: Carpenter Fork

0.8 MI S BOYLE CO LINE, Casey, KY

Built 2001 Load: 53.2 t ADT: 50

PRICE CREEK RD

Fair

Over: PRICE CREEK

0.9 MI. S.W. JCT KY 910, Casey, KY

Built 1988 Load: 53.7 t ADT: 70

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