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Ky-974 over Howard Creek

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

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

Ky-974 over Howard Creek in Clark County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2002, making it 23 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 55 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 71 of the 117 inventoried bridges in Clark County rated fair (60.7%); 14 (12.0%) 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 80 ft
Location	3.8 Miles W. of Jct Ky 89
NBI structure number	025B00102N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-64 over Br Strodes Creek	1962	45,127	Fair
I-64 over Hoods Creek	1962	44,640	Fair
I-64 over Strodes Creek	1962	40,128	Fair
I-64 over Little Stoner Creek	1959	30,394	Fair
Ky 1958 over Interstate 64	2006	23,897	Good
Ky-627 over Lower Howards Creek	1967	16,727	Fair