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Murphy Branch Road over Big South Fork

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

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

Murphy Branch Road over Big South Fork in Casey 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 1991, making it 34 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 112 of the 143 inventoried bridges in Casey County rated fair (78.3%); 13 (9.1%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 100 ft
Location	.1 Mi S Ky 78
NBI structure number	023C00082N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-127 over Green River In Liberty	1957	9,092	Poor
US-127 over Frey Creek	1963	5,181	Fair
US-127 over Carpenters Creek	1970	4,705	Fair
US-127 over Calhoun Creek	1955	4,562	Fair
US-127 over Allens Creek	1955	4,454	Fair
Ky 70 over Brush Creek	2009	4,247	Good