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Ky-1626 over Dry Branch-tygarts Crk

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

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

Ky-1626 over Dry Branch-tygarts Crk in Carter 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 1996, making it 29 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 519 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 10 of the 189 inventoried bridges in Carter County rated poor (5.3%); 10 (5.3%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 25 ft
Location	.525 Mi - Jct US 60
NBI structure number	022B00154N
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Industrial Park Ac over I-64	1999	21,901	Good
I-64 over Smiths Branch	1967	16,059	Fair
I-64 over Smith Run & Smith Run Rd	1969	12,868	Fair
I-64 over Flat Fork Creek	1969	12,868	Fair
Interstate 64 over L. Sandy River & Ky 1910	1971	10,951	Fair
I-64 over Little Sandy River	1971	10,951	Fair