Frank Bowling Road over Redbird River

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

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

• Frank Bowling Road over Redbird River in Clay 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 1935, making it 90 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 104 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2006).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 23 of the 165 inventoried bridges in Clay County rated poor (13.9%); 23 (13.9%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is closed to all traffic (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated December 2024, on a 12-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 2): scour critical: extensive scour observed, foundations unstable.
• 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.

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

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