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Crittenden County, KY

89 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 38.2% rated Good, 51.7% Fair, 10.1% Poor.

89
Public bridges
38.2%
Good condition
10.1%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Crittenden 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.

95th
of 120 on Poor share
10.1%
Poor-condition share
89
public highway bridges
1972
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.

Crittenden County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Crittenden County ranks #95 of 120 Kentucky counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 10.1%). Crittenden County, Kentucky contains 89 public highway bridges. Roughly 38.2% are rated “Good,” 51.7% “Fair,” and 10.1% “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

89

Public highway bridges in Crittenden County

Good condition

38.2%

34 of 89 rated 7-9

Fair condition

51.7%

46 of 89 rated 5-6

Poor condition

10.1%

9 of 89 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#95 of 120

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

Condition distribution

Share of 89 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
38.2% (34)
Fair
51.7% (46)
Poor
10.1% (9)

Crittenden County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,506 vehicle crossings a day

That is 3.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 10.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 167 crossings a day against 644 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 89 of 89 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

55.1% of Crittenden County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

49 of the 89 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 38.2% 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 29.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

KY-120 over SLOUGH OF TRADEWATER RIV, built 1955, carries 443 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 1,506 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Crittenden County's bridges were built

89 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 20 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1972, 6 years older than the Kentucky average of 1978.

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

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

The 5 Kentucky counties nearest Crittenden County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 10.1% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1972 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 6 years older.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Crittenden County and the 5 Kentucky counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Breckinridge County 91 7.7%
Bath County 89 4.5%
Boyd County 89 9%
Boyle County 89 3.4%
Crittenden County (this page) 89 10.1%
Allen County 88 5.7%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside KY (89 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside KY (1972 here).

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

All 89 Good 34 Fair 46 Poor 9

Good-condition bridges (34)

KY-135

Good

Over: UNNAME STREAM

1.0 MI WEST OF JCT KY 723, Crittenden, KY

Built 1953 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 112

KY-1668

Good

Over: HURRICANE CREEK

3.1 MI NOR. OF JCT US 60, Crittenden, KY

Built 1954 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 595

KY-135

Good

Over: UNNAME STREAM

1.0 MI WEST OF JCT KY 297, Crittenden, KY

Built 1957 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 112

KY-723

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

.80 MI N. OF LIVINGSTON C, Crittenden, KY

Built 1960 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 288

KY-135

Good

Over: SPRING BRANCH

.30 MI EAST OF JCT KY 297, Crittenden, KY

Built 1953 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 112

KY-855

Good

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

.45 MI SOU. OF JCT US 60, Crittenden, KY

Built 1952 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 353

KY-902

Good

Over: LARPIN BRANCH

1.5 MI EAST OF JCT KY 70, Crittenden, KY

Built 1954 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 139

BELLS MINE RD.

Good

Over: CANEY BRANCH

.5 MI W. OF KY365, Crittenden, KY

Built 2014 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 77

KY-902

Good

Over: DRY FORK CREEK

1.0 MI WEST OF CALDWELL C, Crittenden, KY

Built 1955 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 193

GUM CREEK RD

Good

Over: GUM CREEK

1.5 MI S. OF KY 120, Crittenden, KY

Built 1995 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 3

COOL SPRINGS RD

Good

Over: PINEY CREEK

1 MI WEST OF KY 132, Crittenden, KY

Built 1983 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 22

MEXICO RD

Good

Over: DRY FORK CREEK

0.5 MI W. OF KY 70, Crittenden, KY

Built 1989 Load: 35.7 t ADT: 195

VALLEY VIEW RD.

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

.43 MI E. FORDS FERRY RD, Crittenden, KY

Built 2007 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 165

PHIN CROFT RD

Good

Over: SUSAN CREEK

2.5 MI W OF JCT KY 838, Crittenden, KY

Built 1992 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 22

WATSON CEMETERY RD

Good

Over: FLATLICK CREEK

.25 MI SW CR 5285, Crittenden, KY

Built 1991 Load: 38.3 t ADT: 29

WATSON CEMETERY RD

Good

Over: FLATLICK CREEK

0.15 MI S.CLAUDE BELT RD, Crittenden, KY

Built 1990 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 29

TRAVIS CEMETERY RD

Good

Over: PINEY CREEK

.2 MI W. CR 5134, Crittenden, KY

Built 1991 Load: 40.4 t ADT: 20

KY-365

Good

Over: TRADEWATER RIVER

ON UNION-CRITTDN. CO LINE, Crittenden, KY

Built 1983 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 785

KY-855

Good

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

.85 MI N.W. OF JCT KY 70, Crittenden, KY

Built 1949 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 353

KY-855

Good

Over: UNNAMED STREAM

1.8 MI N.W. OF JCT KY 70, Crittenden, KY

Built 1949 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 353

KY-1077

Good

Over: Fork of Piney Creek

1.0 MI. SE OF JCT KY 506, Crittenden, KY

Built 1951 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 163

KY-902

Good

Over: CALDWELL SPRING CREEK

3.2 MI EAST OF JCT KY 70, Crittenden, KY

Built 1954 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 139

KY-120

Good

Over: TRADEWATER RIVER

ON WEBSTER - CRITTENDEN C, Crittenden, KY

Built 1977 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 443

US-60

Good

Over: RUSH CREEK

1.1 MI NE OF JCT KY 120, Crittenden, KY

Built 1984 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 3,569

US-60

Good

Over: MEADOW CREEK

2.7 MI NE JCT KY 365, Crittenden, KY

Built 1989 Load: 47.8 t ADT: 1,384

US 641

Good

Over: Unnamed Creek

.1 miles north of KY 91, Crittenden, KY

Built 2016 Load: 48.5 t ADT: 4,696

Cotton Patch Rd

Good

Over: Hughes Branch

150 W of N-TERM KY 654, Crittenden, KY

Built 2020 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 126

US-60

Good

Over: NEW SALEM CREEK

1.4 MI E LIVINGSTON CO LI, Crittenden, KY

Built 1984 Load: 50.4 t ADT: 2,467

KY 91

Good

Over: Crooked Creek

0.7M NW of JCT US 60, Crittenden, KY

Built 2022 Load: 51.2 t ADT: 860

KY 91

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

.264 MI S JCT. US 641, Crittenden, KY

Built 1996 Load: 53.3 t ADT: 1,297

BLACKBURN CHURCH R

Good

Over: PINEY CREEK

1.4 MI W OF JCT KY 139, Crittenden, KY

Built 1980 Load: 53.7 t ADT: 25

CLAYLICK CREEK RD

Good

Over: CLAYLICK CREEK

.4 MI S JCT CR 5259, Crittenden, KY

Built 1992 Load: 54.1 t ADT: 38

US-60

Good

Over: WINLOW CREEK

3.0 MI NE JCT KY 120, Crittenden, KY

Built 1989 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 2,721

TURKEY KNOB(CR1086

Good

Over: CROOKED CREEK

1.7MI N-FORDS FERRY RD, Crittenden, KY

Built 2013 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 27

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