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Ky-449 over Bear Creek

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

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

Ky-449 over Bear Creek in Cumberland County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1981, making it 44 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,058 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 68 of the 93 inventoried bridges in Cumberland County rated fair (73.1%); 7 (7.5%) 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 89 ft
Location	185 Ft. S. of Ky 90
NBI structure number	029B00047N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky-90 over Cumberland River	1951	5,495	Fair
Ky-90 over Norris Branch	1942	3,335	Fair
Ky-90 over Allen Creek	1942	3,335	Fair
Ky-90 over Dutch Creek	1942	3,335	Fair
Ky-90 over Br of Marrowbone Creek	1942	3,335	Fair
Ky-90 over Bear Creek	1974	3,037	Fair