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US-27 over Houston Creek

Bourbon County, Kentucky · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

US-27 over Houston Creek in Bourbon County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 7,679 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 84 of the 111 inventoried bridges in Bourbon County rated fair (75.7%); 8 (7.2%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 160 ft
Location	.60 Mi Sou. of Jct US 460
NBI structure number	009B00048L
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 68 Paris Bypass over Unnamed Stream	1975	13,847	Fair
US 27 over Houston Creek	2011	7,679	Good
US-68 over Flat Run	2011	7,353	Fair
US-27 Nc over Houston Creek	1998	7,220	Good
US-27 over Houston Creek	1998	7,220	Good
US-27 Nc over Branch-hinkston Ck	2001	7,185	Fair