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Ky-539 over N Fork Licking River

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

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

Ky-539 over N Fork Licking River in Bracken 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1972, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 98 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 26 of the 49 inventoried bridges in Bracken County rated fair (53.1%); 7 (14.3%) 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 concrete tee beam
Length	about 246 ft
Location	on Robertson - Bracken Cl
NBI structure number	012B00011N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky-9 over Locust Creek	1989	5,813	Good
Ky-9 over Goose Creek	1989	5,779	Fair
Ky-19 over Locust Creek	1981	1,543	Fair
Ky-8 over Turtle Creek	1961	1,069	Fair
Ky-8 over Br of Turtle Creek	1961	1,069	Fair
Ky-8 over Big Bracken Creek	1961	838	Fair