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Elk Cave Road over Elk Cave Branch

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

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

Elk Cave Road over Elk Cave Branch in Boyle County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1991, making it 34 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 67 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2006).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 69 of the 89 inventoried bridges in Boyle County rated fair (77.5%); 4 (4.5%) 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 multiple box beam
Length	about 29 ft
Location	0.6 Mi E of Minor Br. Rd
NBI structure number	011C00049N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-127B over Clarks Run Creek	1969	24,003	Fair
US-127 over Mocks Branch	1958	16,063	Fair
US-150 over NS RR and Harding St	1949	13,146	Fair
Ky-34 over Herrington Lake	1990	12,188	Fair
US 127B over NS (cno&tp) System	1971	12,002	Fair
US-127B over Norfolk Southern	1991	12,002	Fair