Total bridges
93
Public highway bridges in Cumberland County
County profile · official public datasets
Cumberland County, KY
93 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 22.6% rated Good, 72% Fair, 5.4% Poor.
- 93
- Public bridges
- 22.6%
- Good condition
- 5.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Cumberland County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- Top 33%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 5.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 93
- public highway bridges
- 1981
- 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.
Cumberland County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Cumberland County ranks #40 of 120 Kentucky counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.4%). Cumberland County, Kentucky contains 93 public highway bridges. Roughly 22.6% are rated “Good,” 72% “Fair,” and 5.4% “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.
Good condition
22.6%
21 of 93 rated 7-9
Fair condition
72%
67 of 93 rated 5-6
Poor condition
5.4%
5 of 93 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#40 of 120
Among Kentucky counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 93 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 22.6% (21)
Fair 72% (67)
Poor 5.4% (5)
Cumberland County's Poor-condition bridges carry 845 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 169 crossings a day against 482 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 93 of 93 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
40.9% of Cumberland County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
38 of the 93 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 22.6% 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 41.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
KY-100 over German Branch, built 1949, carries 351 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 5-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 845 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Cumberland County's bridges were built
93 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1930s 4
1930–1939
4 bridges
- 1940s
1940–1949
9 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
9 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
8 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
15 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
9 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
12 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
9 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
16 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 16 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Kentucky average (1978).
How Cumberland County compares with Kentucky's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Kentucky counties nearest Cumberland County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.4% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 5 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 119 Kentucky counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton County | 95 | 26.3% | 62.1% | 11.6% | 1965 |
| Henry County | 94 | 22.3% | 64.9% | 12.8% | 1979 |
| Pendleton County | 94 | 34% | 61.7% | 4.3% | 1977 |
| Cumberland County (this page) | 93 | 22.6% | 72% | 5.4% | 1981 |
| Taylor County | 92 | 55.4% | 42.4% | 2.2% | 1984 |
| Breckinridge County | 91 | 37.4% | 54.9% | 7.7% | 1973 |
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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, both outside Kentucky so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside KY (93 bridges here).
- Baker County, FL · 93 bridges
- Banks County, GA · 93 bridges
- Haralson County, GA · 93 bridges
- Alexander County, IL · 93 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside KY (1981 here).
- Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
- Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
- Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
- McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (67)
KY-3140
FairOver: GARRET CREEK
.5 MI W OF KY 61, Cumberland, KY
Built 1987 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 181
KY-3140
FairOver: BIG RENOX CREEK
.15 MI W OF JCT KY 61, Cumberland, KY
Built 1987 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 181
Austin Scott Road
FairOver: BIG RENNOX CREEK
0.155 MI. W. OF KY 61N, Cumberland, KY
Built 2010 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 20
KY-704
FairOver: PINE BRANCH
1.5 MI N OF JCT KY 912, Cumberland, KY
Built 1987 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 121
WILLIS CREEK RD
FairOver: BIG WILLIS CREEK
0.2 MI E OF KY 379, Cumberland, KY
Built 1964 Load: 48.1 t ADT: 30
Sexton Fork Road
FairOver: SEXTON FORK
1.2 MI SE OF JCT KY 449, Cumberland, KY
Built 1979 Load: 48.3 t ADT: 86
SHEDTOWN ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE RENOX CREEK
0.15 S JCT KY 3140, Cumberland, KY
Built 2003 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 20
Leatherwood Road
FairOver: Marrowbone Creek
0.15 Mile South of KY-90, Cumberland, KY
Built 2013 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 206
KY-90
FairOver: PITMAN CREEK
0.9 MI. E.-METCALFE CO., Cumberland, KY
Built 1982 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 2,450
Hominy Creek Road
FairOver: Marrowbone Creek
0.046 MI. S. OF JCT KY 90, Cumberland, KY
Built 2010 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 156
KY-90
FairOver: BR OF MARROWBONE CREEK
1.3 MI WEST OF JCT KY 100, Cumberland, KY
Built 1942 Load: 54.7 t ADT: 3,335
Dougantown Road
FairOver: LITTLE RENOX CREEK
.80 MI SOU. OF JCT KY 704, Cumberland, KY
Built 1969 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 2,311
LOGAN BR. ROAD
FairOver: LOGAN BRANCH
1.2 MI. S. OF JCT KY 953, Cumberland, KY
Built 2006 Load: 64.2 t ADT: 21
WILLIAMS CREEK RD
FairOver: WILLIAMS CREEK
.85 MI NE JCT 485, Cumberland, KY
Built 2003 Load: 65.7 t ADT: 20
Bruton Hollow Road
FairOver: Bear Creek
500 FT S. OF JCT KY90, Cumberland, KY
Built 2012 Load: 76.7 t ADT: 10
KY-1312
FairOver: BECK HOLLOW BRANCH
.50 MI NOR. OF JCT KY 90, Cumberland, KY
Built 1952 Load: 84.6 t ADT: 208
KY-90
FairOver: NORRIS BRANCH
.70 MI N.W. OF JCT KY 691, Cumberland, KY
Built 1942 Load: 89.8 t ADT: 3,335
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