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Big Sinking Rd over Little Sinking Creek

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

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

Big Sinking Rd over Little Sinking Creek in Carter County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1963, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 142 of the 189 inventoried bridges in Carter County rated fair (75.1%); 10 (5.3%) 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

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