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Ky-15 over Lost Creek

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

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

Ky-15 over Lost Creek in Breathitt County, Kentucky, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 58 of the 125 inventoried bridges in Breathitt County rated good (46.4%); 7 (5.6%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous concrete tee beam
Length	about 160 ft
Location	5.2 Mi Sou. of Jct Ky 476
NBI structure number	013B00035N
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky-15 over Quicksand Creek	1964	7,640	Fair
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