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Smoky Creek Rd over over Smokey Creek

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

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

Smoky Creek Rd over over Smokey Creek 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 substructure, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1997, making it 28 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 44 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the county 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 30 ft
Location	.820 Mi N of Jct. Ky 2
NBI structure number	022C00044N
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