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West Main Street over Water Street

Barren County, Kentucky · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

West Main Street over Water Street in Barren County, Kentucky, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,284 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 148 inventoried bridges in Barren County rated poor (3.4%); 5 (3.4%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	3	Serious condition

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Kentucky department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-65 over US 31W	2012	37,164	Fair
I-65 over CSX Railroad	2012	37,164	Good
I-65 South Bound over Ky 255	2012	23,388	Fair
I-65 North Bound over Ky 255	2012	23,388	Good
Ln-9008 over South Fork Beaver Creek	1972	13,695	Fair
Ln-9008 over So Fk Beaver Creek	1972	13,695	Fair