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US-27 over Houston Creek

Bourbon County, Kentucky · rated Good 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 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 1998, making it 27 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 7,220 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 19 of the 111 inventoried bridges in Bourbon County rated good (17.1%); 8 (7.2%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 142 ft
Location	.4 Mi. S Jct Ky 1939
NBI structure number	009B00068R
Condition class	Good

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	1975	7,679	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 Nc over Branch-hinkston Ck	2001	7,185	Fair