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Belcher Fork Road over Belcher Fork

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

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

Belcher Fork Road over Belcher Fork 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 superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1976, making it 49 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 58 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2011).
Its listed owner is the county 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 30 ft
Location	1.1 Mi W of Jct Ky 30
NBI structure number	013C00043N
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 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