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Ky-539 over Willow Creek

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

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

Ky-539 over Willow Creek in Bracken County, Kentucky, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1981, making it 44 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 92 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 49 inventoried bridges in Bracken County rated poor (14.3%); 7 (14.3%) 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


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 146 ft
Location	1.1 Mi. W. -jct. Ky 19
NBI structure number	012B00023N
Condition class	Poor

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