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Magoffin County, KY

107 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 43.9% rated Good, 53.3% Fair, 2.8% Poor.

107
Public bridges: 43.9%
Good condition: 2.8%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Magoffin County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.

Top 9%
lowest Poor share in state: 2.8%
Poor-condition share: 107
public highway bridges: 1986
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.

Magoffin County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Magoffin County ranks #11 of 120 Kentucky counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 2.8%). Magoffin County, Kentucky contains 107 public highway bridges. Roughly 43.9% are rated “Good,” 53.3% “Fair,” and 2.8% “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.

Total bridges

107

Public highway bridges in Magoffin County

Good condition

43.9%

47 of 107 rated 7-9

Fair condition

53.3%

57 of 107 rated 5-6

Poor condition

2.8%

3 of 107 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#11 of 120

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

Condition distribution

Share of 107 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

43.9% (47)

Fair

53.3% (57)

Poor

2.8% (3)

Magoffin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 251 vehicle crossings a day

That is 0.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 2.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 84 crossings a day against 1,196 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 107 of 107 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

32.7% of Magoffin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

35 of the 107 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 43.9% 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 79.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

KY-3333 over LICK CREEK, built 1958, carries 200 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 251 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

1930s

3
1940s

3
1950s

11
1960s

16
1970s

10
1980s

9
1990s

23
2000s

8
2010s

19
2020s

5

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 23 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1986, 8 years newer than the Kentucky average of 1978.

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

The 5 Kentucky counties nearest Magoffin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 2.8% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1986 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is 7 years newer.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Magoffin County and the 5 Kentucky counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Powell County	110	39.1%	59.1%	1.8%	1975
Trigg County	109	39.4%	51.4%	9.2%	1980
Magoffin County (this page)	107	43.9%	53.3%	2.8%	1986
Warren County	106	18.9%	77.4%	3.8%	1984
Livingston County	104	30.8%	64.4%	4.8%	1974
Washington County	104	52.9%	35.6%	11.5%	1982

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside KY (107 bridges here).

Fannin County, GA · 107 bridges
Habersham County, GA · 107 bridges
Ware County, GA · 107 bridges
Barnstable County, MA · 107 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside KY (1986 here).

El Paso County, TX · avg 1986 · 783 bridges
Caddo County, LA · avg 1986 · 682 bridges
Weld County, CO · avg 1986 · 614 bridges
Polk County, IA · avg 1986 · 545 bridges

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

All 107 Good 47 Fair 57 Poor 3

Good-condition bridges (47)

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Magoffin County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Magoffin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 251 vehicle crossings a day

32.7% of Magoffin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 79.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

How Magoffin 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

Good-condition bridges (47)

Pine Grove Church

HENSLEY RD

GREASY BRANCH RD

HELTON BRANCH RD

LICK BRANCH OF MID

BIG LICK BRANCH RD

KY-2020

Jim Arnett Br Rd

US-460

KY-364

KY-1090

KY-40

LICK BRANCH OF MID

BOARD TREE RD

GIFFORD RD

DUTTON BRANCH RD

Rye Branch Road

GIFFORD RD

KY 9009

KY 9009

KY 9009

Main Street

KY-30

KY 9009

KY-40

US 0460

KY-3337

KY 9009

Ky 9009

KY 9009

CAIN RD

RIGHT OAKLEY CREEK

KY 9009

KY 1635

KY 1471

Buffalo Rd CR1059

ky 3050

BRUSHY FORK OF LIC

KY-1437

KY-30

Ky 2019

KY9009

KY-3049

KY9009

Lummie Lemaster

KY-1081

White Branch

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