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Wagel Rd over Locust Creek

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

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

Wagel Rd over Locust 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 substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 85 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county 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 58 ft
Location	1.2 Mi NE of Jct Ky 1159
NBI structure number	012C00007N
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