Home › Kentucky › Boyd County › Golden Gate Hl over Whites Creek

Golden Gate Hl over Whites Creek

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

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

Golden Gate Hl over Whites Creek in Boyd County, Kentucky, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1930, making it 95 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 54 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 89 inventoried bridges in Boyd County rated poor (7.9%); 7 (7.9%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-60 over Shope Branch	1971	20,994	Fair
1-64 E/B Off Ramp over Little Sandy	2007	17,808	Good
I-64 W/B on Ramp over over Little Sandy	2007	17,808	Good
US23 SB\|Russell Rd over Hoods Creek	1965	14,578	Fair
US-23 over Hoods Creek	1965	14,578	Fair
US-23S over Ohio River CSX Streets	1930	13,737	Fair