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Ky 255 over Sinking Creek

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

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

Ky 255 over Sinking Creek in Barren County, Kentucky, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2007, making it 18 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 516 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 25 of the 148 inventoried bridges in Barren County rated good (16.9%); 5 (3.4%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete single box beam
Length	about 45 ft
Location	1.4 Mi. S. Jct U.S.68/80
NBI structure number	005B00099N
Condition class	Good

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