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Cowans Br Rd over Brownies Creek

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

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

Cowans Br Rd over Brownies Creek in Bell County, Kentucky, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1977, making it 48 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 80 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2011).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 19 of the 205 inventoried bridges in Bell County rated poor (9.3%); 19 (9.3%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 60 ft
Location	.10 Mi S of Jct Ky 987
NBI structure number	007C00013N
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-25E over Little Yellow Creek	1989	19,568	Poor
US-25E over US 25E Undr-skyland Dr.	1986	19,568	Fair
US-25E over Park Creek	1996	19,568	Fair
East Cumberland Av over Little Yellow Creek	1951	14,768	Fair
US-25E over Cannon Creek	1939	14,499	Fair
US-25E over Clear Creek Lake	1970	14,490	Fair