Total bridges
94
Public highway bridges in Henry County
County profile · official public datasets
Henry County, KY
94 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 22.3% rated Good, 64.9% Fair, 12.8% Poor.
- 94
- Public bridges
- 22.3%
- Good condition
- 12.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Henry County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 110th
- of 120 on Poor share
- 12.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 94
- public highway bridges
- 1979
- 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.
Henry County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Henry County ranks #110 of 120 Kentucky counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 12.8%). Henry County, Kentucky contains 94 public highway bridges. Roughly 22.3% are rated “Good,” 64.9% “Fair,” and 12.8% “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
22.3%
21 of 94 rated 7-9
Fair condition
64.9%
61 of 94 rated 5-6
Poor condition
12.8%
12 of 94 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#110 of 120
Among Kentucky counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 94 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 22.3% (21)
Fair 64.9% (61)
Poor 12.8% (12)
Henry County's Poor-condition bridges carry 7,616 vehicle crossings a day
That is 3.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 12.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 635 crossings a day against 510 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 94 of 94 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
41.5% of Henry County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
39 of the 94 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 22.3% 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 40.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
KY 146 over TRIB TO HARRODS CREEK, built 1929, carries 3,116 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 12-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 7,616 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Henry County's bridges were built
94 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 6
1920–1929
6 bridges
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
9 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
16 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
12 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
15 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
11 bridges
- 2000s 6
2000–2009
6 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
11 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 16 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1979) matches the Kentucky average (1978).
How Henry County compares with Kentucky's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Kentucky counties nearest Henry County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 12.8% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1979 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 119 Kentucky counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason County | 97 | 33% | 58.8% | 8.2% | 1980 |
| Fulton County | 95 | 26.3% | 62.1% | 11.6% | 1965 |
| Pendleton County | 94 | 34% | 61.7% | 4.3% | 1977 |
| Henry County (this page) | 94 | 22.3% | 64.9% | 12.8% | 1979 |
| Cumberland County | 93 | 22.6% | 72% | 5.4% | 1981 |
| Taylor County | 92 | 55.4% | 42.4% | 2.2% | 1984 |
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 Henry 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 Henry County, both outside Kentucky so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside KY (94 bridges here).
- Yukon-Koyukuk County, AK · 94 bridges
- Lee County, AR · 94 bridges
- Huerfano County, CO · 94 bridges
- Charles County, MD · 94 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside KY (1979 here).
- Pima County, AZ · avg 1979 · 1,150 bridges
- Spartanburg County, SC · avg 1979 · 638 bridges
- McPherson County, KS · avg 1979 · 586 bridges
- Madison County, IL · avg 1979 · 523 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (94)
RUSSELL BRANCH RD
FairOver: TRIB TO DRENNON CREEK
0.1 MI N OF KY 3322, Henry, KY
Built 1920 Load: 16.3 t ADT: 75
KY 389
FairOver: GULLION CREEK
0.75 MI S OF CARROLL CL, Henry, KY
Built 1933 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 310
US 421
FairOver: TRIB TO DRENNON CREEK
0.90 MI N OF KY 22, Henry, KY
Built 1929 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 1,692
KY 561
FairOver: LITTLE SIXMILE CREEK
0.6 MI N OF FRANKLIN CL, Henry, KY
Built 1949 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 222
KY 55
FairOver: DAUGHERTY CREEK
1.0 MI S OF TRIMBLE CL, Henry, KY
Built 1985 Load: 18.1 t ADT: 826
KY 202
FairOver: MARTINI RUN
7.6 MI N OF US 421, Henry, KY
Built 1951 Load: 18.3 t ADT: 264
KY 573
FairOver: LITTLE SIXMILE CREEK
1.7 MI W OF KY 561, Henry, KY
Built 1955 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 222
KY 1606
FairOver: FALLEN TIMBER CREEK
3.4 MI N OF KY 146, Henry, KY
Built 1956 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 189
KY 573
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
0.5 MI E OF US 421, Henry, KY
Built 1975 Load: 21.2 t ADT: 940
I-71 SB
FairOver: KY 1606 & FALLEN TMB CRK
2.3 MI N OF KY 153, Henry, KY
Built 1968 Load: 25.7 t ADT: 18,682
BOLING BRANCH RD
FairOver: BOLING BRANCH
0.6 MI S OF KY 389, Henry, KY
Built 1983 Load: 27.7 t ADT: 50
KY 153
FairOver: I-71
2.95 MI N OF OLDHAM CL, Henry, KY
Built 1968 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 6,798
I-71 NB
FairOver: KY 1606 & FALLEN TMB CRK
2.3 MI N OF KY 153, Henry, KY
Built 1968 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 18,682
LONG BRANCH FK RD
FairOver: LONG BRANCH
1.3 MI N OF KY 574, Henry, KY
Built 1975 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 50
KY 146
FairOver: I-71
0.75 MI W OF KY 153, Henry, KY
Built 1968 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 3,116
US 421
FairOver: TRIB TO DRENNON CREEK
0.40 MI N OF KY 22, Henry, KY
Built 1929 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 1,692
I-71 SB
FairOver: CSX RR WHITE SULPHUR FK
1.0 MI S OF US 421, Henry, KY
Built 1968 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 18,682
I-71 NB
FairOver: CSX RR WHITE SULPHUR FK
1.0 MI S OF US 421, Henry, KY
Built 1968 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 18,682
KY 157
FairOver: I-71
0.9 MI E OF KY 1606, Henry, KY
Built 1968 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 302
NEW CUT RD
FairOver: EMILY RUN
0.4 MI E OF KY 193, Henry, KY
Built 1966 Load: 33.6 t ADT: 155
KY 202
FairOver: EMILY RUN
6.85 MI N OF US 421, Henry, KY
Built 1951 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 264
KY 389
FairOver: DRENNON CREEK
300 FT S OF KY 202, Henry, KY
Built 1974 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 253
KY 22
FairOver: KENTUCKY RIVER
AT OWEN CL, Henry, KY
Built 2011 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 856
KY 22
FairOver: E FORK FLOYDS FORK
0.90 MI E OF KY 1861, Henry, KY
Built 1962 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 1,645
KY 573
FairOver: DRENNON CREEK
2.45 MI W OF KY 22, Henry, KY
Built 1976 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 400
KY 573
FairOver: SALT RIVER
2.6 MI W OF KY 561, Henry, KY
Built 1955 Load: 35.7 t ADT: 222
KY 55
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
0.80 MI S OF US 421, Henry, KY
Built 1936 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 4,022
SEWELL RD
FairOver: UNNAMED STREAM
0.6 MI N OF KY 22, Henry, KY
Built 1991 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 75
GULLION BRANCH RD
FairOver: GULLION CREEK
0.9 MI S OF KY 389, Henry, KY
Built 1992 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 50
US 421
FairOver: I-71
1.6 MI N OF KY 997, Henry, KY
Built 1968 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 3,181
KY 3320
FairOver: I-71
0.75 MI S OF KY 146, Henry, KY
Built 1968 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 477
WATKINS LN
FairOver: DRENNON CREEK
0.8 MI E OF US 421, Henry, KY
Built 1990 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 100
KY 55
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
1.1 MI S OF US 421, Henry, KY
Built 1936 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 4,022
KY 1861
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
340 FT W OF KY 55, Henry, KY
Built 1980 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 508
KY 146
FairOver: HARRODS CREEK
AT OLDHAM CL, Henry, KY
Built 1985 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 3,116
KY 146
FairOver: LITTLE KENTUCKY RIVER
0.7 MI E OF KY 153, Henry, KY
Built 1986 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 3,229
KY 146
FairOver: BARTLETT FORK
0.35 MI E OF KY 1606, Henry, KY
Built 1929 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,229
KY 146
FairOver: TRIB TO BARTLETT FORK
3.15 MI W OF KY 1606, Henry, KY
Built 1929 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,229
KY 389
FairOver: TRIB TO WOODCOCKS BRANCH
2.1 MI N OF KY 561, Henry, KY
Built 1991 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 83
RADCLIFF RD
FairOver: N FORK FLOYDS FORK
0.65 MI N OF KY 153, Henry, KY
Built 1958 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 200
BULLITT HILL RD
FairOver: DRENNON CREEK
350 FT E OF KY 202, Henry, KY
Built 1986 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 153
MILL CREEK RD
FairOver: W FORK MILL CREEK
390 FT N OF KY 574, Henry, KY
Built 1975 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 50
I-71 SB
FairOver: LITTLE KENTUCKY RIVER
0.4 MI N OF KY 153, Henry, KY
Built 1968 Load: 43.1 t ADT: 18,682
KY 55
FairOver: I-71
0.1 MI S OF TRIMBLE CL, Henry, KY
Built 1968 Load: 43.2 t ADT: 826
LECOMPTES BTTM RD
FairOver: SAND RIPPLE CREEK
2.7 MI S OF KY 561, Henry, KY
Built 1982 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 100
BATES LN
FairOver: LITTLE KENTUCKY RIVER
0.55 MI S OF KY 153, Henry, KY
Built 1973 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 50
CANE RUN RD
FairOver: CANES RUN
1.1 MI W OF KY 574, Henry, KY
Built 1991 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 100
KY 193
FairOver: EMILY RUN
2.5 MI N OF US 421, Henry, KY
Built 2012 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 786
KY 997
FairOver: CSX RAILROAD
200 FT S OF US 421, Henry, KY
Built 1989 Load: 45.2 t ADT: 321
KY 1360
FairOver: DRENNON CREEK
0.1 MI S OF KY 202, Henry, KY
Built 1996 Load: 45.8 t ADT: 256
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