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Larue County, KY

54 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 55.6% rated Good, 37% Fair, 7.4% Poor.

54
Public bridges
55.6%
Good condition
7.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Larue County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

62nd
of 120 on Poor share
7.4%
Poor-condition share
54
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.

Larue County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Larue County ranks #62 of 120 Kentucky counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 7.4%). Larue County, Kentucky contains 54 public highway bridges. Roughly 55.6% are rated “Good,” 37% “Fair,” and 7.4% “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.

Total bridges

54

Public highway bridges in Larue County

Good condition

55.6%

30 of 54 rated 7-9

Fair condition

37%

20 of 54 rated 5-6

Poor condition

7.4%

4 of 54 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#62 of 120

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

Condition distribution

Share of 54 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
55.6% (30)
Fair
37% (20)
Poor
7.4% (4)

Larue County's Poor-condition bridges carry 8,731 vehicle crossings a day

That is 9.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 7.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,183 crossings a day against 1,563 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 54 of 54 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

33.3% of Larue County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

18 of the 54 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 55.6% 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 86.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

KY-210 over NORTH FORK NOLIN RIVER, built 1926, carries 7,532 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 8,731 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Larue County's bridges were built

54 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 16 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Kentucky average (1978).

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

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

The 5 Kentucky counties nearest Larue County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 7.4% Poor share is the 4th-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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Larue County and the 5 Kentucky counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Estill County 56 10.7%
Gallatin County 55 3.6%
Owsley County 55 3.6%
Owen County 54 3.7%
Larue County (this page) 54 7.4%
Elliott County 53 15.1%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside KY (54 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside KY (1981 here).

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

All 54 Good 30 Fair 20 Poor 4

Good-condition bridges (30)

KY 916

Good

Over: McDougal Creek

0.1 Miles NE of KY 210, Larue, KY

Built 1997 Load: 22.8 t ADT: 96

KY-470

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK NOLIN RIVER

.50 MI SOU. OF JCT KY 210, Larue, KY

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 980

LOGAN DESPAIN ROAD

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK BRANCH

.3 MI WEST-KY 61, Larue, KY

Built 1992 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 40

US-31E

Good

Over: WILKINS CREEK

.35 MI E JCT KY 1832, Larue, KY

Built 1990 Load: 33.8 t ADT: 2,628

MAXINE ROAD

Good

Over: BACON CREEK

1.3 MI West of US 31E, Larue, KY

Built 1993 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 75

KY-462

Good

Over: ROLLING FORK RIVER

.2 MI SE KY 84, Larue, KY

Built 1993 Load: 35.5 t ADT: 173

Goodin-Williams Rd

Good

Over: Castleman Creek

0.3 Mi E of KY 1607, Larue, KY

Built 2011 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 153

KY-916

Good

Over: MCDOUGAL CREEK

200E. JCT. KY 470, Larue, KY

Built 1993 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 96

SCOTT ROAD

Good

Over: CHRISTIE CREEK

.2 MI S OF JCT KY 462, Larue, KY

Built 1990 Load: 37.7 t ADT: 20

AIRLINE ROAD

Good

Over: BARREN RUN

2 MI E JCT KY 1517, Larue, KY

Built 1991 Load: 38.7 t ADT: 115

AIRLINE ROAD

Good

Over: WALTERS CREEK

.7 MI W. JCT US 31E, Larue, KY

Built 1990 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 200

KY-84

Good

Over: HOWARDS CREEK

.5 MI W OF NELSON CL, Larue, KY

Built 1940 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 809

KY-583

Good

Over: EDLIN CREEK

2.8 MI WEST OF JCT KY 52, Larue, KY

Built 1949 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 891

KY-1192

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK BRANCH

.05 MI WEST OF JCT KY 61, Larue, KY

Built 1951 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 111

KY 61

Good

Over: South Fork Branch

0.5 Mi N of Jct KY 1906, Larue, KY

Built 2018 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 2,003

Parker Grove Rd.

Good

Over: Dye Branch

1.7 Mi W of Jct US 31E, Larue, KY

Built 2022 Load: 40.7 t ADT: 65

KY-470

Good

Over: MCDOUGAL CREEK

.30 MI NOR. OF JCT KY 916, Larue, KY

Built 1951 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,307

KY-61

Good

Over: MIDDLE CREEK

@ HARDIN -LARUE CO. LINE, Larue, KY

Built 1984 Load: 41.9 t ADT: 5,903

KY-61

Good

Over: NORTH FORK NOLIN RIVER

.24 MI. JCT KY 3204, Larue, KY

Built 1985 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 5,903

NORTH SPALDING ROA

Good

Over: LICK CREEK

55 FT E JCT US 31E, Larue, KY

Built 1992 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 80

KY-210

Good

Over: NORTH FORK NOLIN RIVER

.1 MI N OF N-JCT US 31E, Larue, KY

Built 1983 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 7,532

US-31E

Good

Over: THOMPSON CREEK

3.4 MI NE OF E-JCT KY 84, Larue, KY

Built 1983 Load: 48.2 t ADT: 2,105

KY-61

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK-NOLIN RIVER

2.4 MI. SE JCT US 31E, Larue, KY

Built 1988 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 3,819

KY 224

Good

Over: I-65

0.4 Mile East of US-31W, Larue, KY

Built 2015 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 1,942

KY-470

Good

Over: WALTERS CREEK

2.2 MI.SW JCT KY 61, Larue, KY

Built 2001 Load: 52.5 t ADT: 649

US-31E

Good

Over: CRADY CREEK

.6 MI. E. JCT KY 1832, Larue, KY

Built 2000 Load: 53.4 t ADT: 2,628

KY-61

Good

Over: SOUTH FORK-NOLIN RIVER

2.2 MI SE -JCT US 31E, Larue, KY

Built 1989 Load: 53.6 t ADT: 4,270

KY 1832

Good

Over: Castleman Creek

0.5 Mi East of KY 1607, Larue, KY

Built 2014 Load: 57.3 t ADT: 97

US-31E

Good

Over: KNOB CREEK

6.8 MI. E JCT ECC H.VILL, Larue, KY

Built 1997 Load: 58.7 t ADT: 2,105

Blanton Road

Good

Over: Knob Creek

0.2 Mi E of Jct US 31E, Larue, KY

Built 2019 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 99

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.