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Ky-15 over Quicksand Creek

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

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

Ky-15 over Quicksand Creek in Breathitt 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1964, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 7,640 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 60 of the 125 inventoried bridges in Breathitt County rated fair (48.0%); 7 (5.6%) 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 328 ft
Location	.1 Mi S of Se-jct Ky 30
NBI structure number	013B00030N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky-15 over Lost Creek	1966	5,200	Good
Ky-15 over Lost Creek	1966	5,200	Good
Ky-15 over Cockrell Fork	1966	5,200	Good
Ky-15 over Lost Creek	1966	5,200	Good
Ky-30 over CSX RR - N Fork Ky River	1977	4,950	Fair
Ky-30 over Cane Creek	1977	4,950	Fair