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Menifee County, KY

49 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 34.7% rated Good, 65.3% Fair, 0% Poor.

49
Public bridges: 34.7%
Good condition: 0%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

Menifee County posts a top-1% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.

Top 1%
lowest Poor share in state: 0%
Poor-condition share: 49
public highway bridges: 1976
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.

Menifee County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Menifee County ranks #1 of 120 Kentucky counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Menifee County, Kentucky contains 49 public highway bridges. Roughly 34.7% are rated “Good,” 65.3% “Fair,” and 0% “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

Public highway bridges in Menifee County

Good condition

34.7%

17 of 49 rated 7-9

Fair condition

65.3%

32 of 49 rated 5-6

Poor condition

0 of 49 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#1 of 120

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

Condition distribution

Share of 49 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good

34.7% (17)

Fair

65.3% (32)

Poor

0% (0)

49% of Menifee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

24 of the 49 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 34.7% 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.

1920s

1
1930s

8
1950s

3
1960s

1
1970s

15
1980s

1
1990s

9
2000s

6
2010s

5

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 15 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 30.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Kentucky average (1978).

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

The 5 Kentucky counties nearest Menifee County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1979 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Menifee County and the 5 Kentucky counties closest to it in inventory size
County	Bridges	Good	Fair	Poor	Avg. built
Elliott County	53	11.3%	73.6%	15.1%	1977
Jackson County	51	25.5%	64.7%	9.8%	1969
Simpson County	50	36%	58%	6%	1991
Bracken County	49	30.6%	51%	18.4%	1983
Menifee County (this page)	49	34.7%	65.3%	0%	1976
Russell County	46	21.7%	69.6%	8.7%	1974

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside KY (49 bridges here).

Mono County, CA · 49 bridges
Yuma County, CO · 49 bridges
Calhoun County, FL · 49 bridges
Crawford County, GA · 49 bridges

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside KY (1976 here).

Marion County, IN · avg 1976 · 958 bridges
Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges

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

All 49 Good 17 Fair 32 Poor 0

All bridges (49)

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Menifee County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

49% of Menifee County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

How Menifee 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

All bridges (49)

INDIAN CREEK-Bridg

CLYDE BANKS RD

KY-713

KY-36

US-460

KY-3342

HOG BRANCH RD

SHOTGUN HOLLOW RD

KY-715

DOG TROT RD

PETER TRACE RD

KY-713

KY-36

BECRAFT RD

LONG BRANCH RD

KY-36

KY-36

KY-36

KY-1274

KY-1274

KY 1240

KY-715

CLIFTON RD

BIG SALT LICK CREE

BEAR BRANCH RD

ADAMS BRANCH RD

TOLAN RD

US-460

KY-713

KY-713

MENIFEE CO MID SCH

Amburgey lane

KY-715

INDIAN CREEK-Bridg

Indian Creek Road

MEYERS FORK RD

US-460

Cornwell Sta. Rd.

SORRELL LN

KY-36

KY-36

KY-715

Ky 460

KY-713

KY 36

Stallon Rd

US 460

KY-713

US-460

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