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Greenup County, KY

161 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 51.6% rated Good, 46.6% Fair, 1.9% Poor.

161
Public bridges: 51.6%
Good condition: 1.9%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Greenup County pairs a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 4%
lowest Poor share in state: 1.9%
Poor-condition share: 161
public highway bridges: 1992
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.

Greenup County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Greenup County ranks #5 of 120 Kentucky counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1.9%). Greenup County, Kentucky contains 161 public highway bridges. Roughly 51.6% are rated “Good,” 46.6% “Fair,” and 1.9% “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

161

Public highway bridges in Greenup County

Good condition

51.6%

83 of 161 rated 7-9

Fair condition

46.6%

75 of 161 rated 5-6

Poor condition

1.9%

3 of 161 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#5 of 120

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

Condition distribution

Share of 161 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

51.6% (83)

Fair

46.6% (75)

Poor

1.9% (3)

Greenup County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,146 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1.9% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 382 crossings a day against 778 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 161 of 161 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

17.4% of Greenup County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

28 of the 161 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 51.6% 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 38.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

KY-784 over WINGO FK OF SCHULTZ CREE, built 1972, carries 441 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 3-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 1,146 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

pre-1900

1
1930s

3
1940s

7
1950s

8
1970s

10
1980s

13
1990s

54
2000s

27
2010s

32
2020s

6

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 54 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 33.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1992, 14 years newer than the Kentucky average of 1978.

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

The 5 Kentucky counties nearest Greenup County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1.9% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1992 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 16 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Greenup County and the 5 Kentucky counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Floyd County	161	24.8%	66.5%	8.7%	1979
Greenup County (this page)	161	51.6%	46.6%	1.9%	1992
Clay County	160	21.9%	63.8%	14.4%	1978
Madison County	154	29.2%	66.9%	3.9%	1977
Harrison County	153	38.6%	55.6%	5.9%	1981
Muhlenberg County	152	12.5%	82.9%	4.6%	1967

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside KY (161 bridges here).

Carroll County, IN · 161 bridges
Dade County, MO · 161 bridges
Howard County, NE · 161 bridges
Polk County, OR · 161 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside KY (1992 here).

Johnson County, KS · avg 1992 · 781 bridges
Wake County, NC · avg 1992 · 760 bridges
Benton County, AR · avg 1992 · 410 bridges
Nodaway County, MO · avg 1992 · 396 bridges

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

All 161 Good 83 Fair 75 Poor 3

Fair-condition bridges (75)

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Greenup County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Greenup County's Poor-condition bridges carry 1,146 vehicle crossings a day

17.4% of Greenup County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 38.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Greenup 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

Fair-condition bridges (75)

US 23

LEATHERWOOD RD

KY-7

KY-8S

KY-7

KY-207

KY-784

KY-1459

MCKAY RD

WOLFE RD

KY-2

KY-2

CR 1834

DRY FRK RD

EUREKA CHURCH RD

KY-2

INDUSTRIAL RD.

HOWLAND HL RD

KY-784

DRY FRK RD

US-23

RATLIFF BR RD

OH S.R. 253

KY-207

LEATHERWOOD RD

KY-7

KY-784

CHINN ST

CR 1245A

SMITH BRANCH RD

FISHER CRK RD

RACCOON FRK RD

US-23

KY-2541

FRAZER BR RD

BIG WHITE OAK RD

SMITH BRANCH RD

CECIL ROBBINS AVE

BEECHY CRK RD

KY-7

KY-2

KY-10

KY-10

BRUSHY RD

KY-1

KY-1

BOGGS LN

HOPEWELL RD

LOWER WHITE OAK RD

KY-503

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