Total bridges
95
Public highway bridges in Fulton County
County profile · official public datasets
Fulton County, KY
95 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 26.3% rated Good, 62.1% Fair, 11.6% Poor.
- 95
- Public bridges
- 26.3%
- Good condition
- 11.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Fulton 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.
- 104th
- of 120 on Poor share
- 11.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 95
- public highway bridges
- 1965
- 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.
Fulton County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fulton County ranks #104 of 120 Kentucky counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 11.6%). Fulton County, Kentucky contains 95 public highway bridges. Roughly 26.3% are rated “Good,” 62.1% “Fair,” and 11.6% “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
26.3%
25 of 95 rated 7-9
Fair condition
62.1%
59 of 95 rated 5-6
Poor condition
11.6%
11 of 95 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#104 of 120
Among Kentucky counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 95 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 26.3% (25)
Fair 62.1% (59)
Poor 11.6% (11)
Fulton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 7,414 vehicle crossings a day
That is 6.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 11.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 674 crossings a day against 998 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 95 of 95 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
71.6% of Fulton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
68 of the 95 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 26.3% 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 78.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
KY-116 over HARRIS FORK CREEK, built 1934, carries 5,809 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 7,414 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Fulton County's bridges were built
95 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
17 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
21 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
20 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
9 bridges
- 1980s 8
1980–1989
8 bridges
- 1990s 3
1990–1999
3 bridges
- 2000s 3
2000–2009
3 bridges
- 2010s 4
2010–2019
4 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1950s, when 21 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 65 to 74 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1965, 13 years older than the Kentucky average of 1978.
How Fulton County compares with Kentucky's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Kentucky counties nearest Fulton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 11.6% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1965 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 13 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 119 Kentucky counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler County | 98 | 9.2% | 81.6% | 9.2% | 1971 |
| Mason County | 97 | 33% | 58.8% | 8.2% | 1980 |
| Fulton County (this page) | 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 | 93 | 22.6% | 72% | 5.4% | 1981 |
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 Fulton 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 Fulton County, both outside Kentucky so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside KY (95 bridges here).
- Pike County, AR · 95 bridges
- Camden County, GA · 95 bridges
- Liberty County, GA · 95 bridges
- Bertie County, NC · 95 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside KY (1965 here).
- Windsor County, VT · avg 1965 · 483 bridges
- Bedford County, PA · avg 1965 · 417 bridges
- Crawford County, PA · avg 1965 · 399 bridges
- Harper County, KS · avg 1965 · 372 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Poor-condition bridges (11)
KY-1129
PoorOver: BRUSH CREEK
1.9 MI WEST OF JCT KY 239, Fulton, KY
Built 1963 Load: 0.1 t ADT: 174
FAIRVIEW AVE
PoorOver: BR OF HARRIS FORK CREEK
250" S OF FIFTH STRE, Fulton, KY
Built 1977 Load: 6.2 t ADT: 233
CRUTCHFIELD RD
PoorOver: BR OF CANE CREEK
.2 MI. S OF KY 924, Fulton, KY
Built 1965 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 33
KY-1129
PoorOver: SAMSON BRANCH
2.1 MI WEST OF JCT KY 239, Fulton, KY
Built 1961 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 174
KY-1129
PoorOver: SUBLETT CREEK
1.7 MI WEST OF JCT KY 239, Fulton, KY
Built 1961 Load: 9.1 t ADT: 174
KY-1128
PoorOver: MUD CREEK
.30 MI EAST OF JCT KY 112, Fulton, KY
Built 1938 Load: 12.4 t ADT: 52
KY-1718
PoorOver: FORK OF HARRIS CREEK
250 FT NOR. OF MEARS ST, Fulton, KY
Built 1950 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 518
KY-116
PoorOver: HARRIS FORK CREEK
.46 MI EAST OF JCT US 51B, Fulton, KY
Built 1934 Load: 15.6 t ADT: 5,809
SAWMILL RD
PoorOver: BR OF CANE CREEK
.4 MI. W OF US HWY 51, Fulton, KY
Built 1970 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 52
KY-2140
PoorOver: BR OF MUD CREEK
.5 MI. S OF KY 94, Fulton, KY
Built 1978 Load: 21.6 t ADT: 44
KY-1907
PoorOver: LITTLE BAYOU DE CHIEN
1.5 MI NOR. OF JCT KY 94, Fulton, KY
Built 1977 Load: 29.1 t ADT: 151
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