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Steele Ford Road over Hinkston Creek

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

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

Steele Ford Road over Hinkston 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 deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1998, making it 27 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 120 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the county 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 137 ft
Location	.35 Mi S Jct Ky 1879
NBI structure number	009C00077N
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	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 over Houston Creek	1998	7,220	Good