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Upper Laurel Fork over Laurel Fk-buckhorn Crk

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

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

Upper Laurel Fork over Laurel Fk-buckhorn Crk in Breathitt 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 1974, making it 51 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 72 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2006).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 7 of the 125 inventoried bridges in Breathitt County rated poor (5.6%); 7 (5.6%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 32 ft
Location	.30 Mi S of Jct CR 5135
NBI structure number	013C00013N
Condition class	Poor

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 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