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Howards Bottom Rd over Brush Creek

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

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

Howards Bottom Rd over Brush 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 deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 112 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the county 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 29 ft
Location	2.35 Mi N&W From Ky 1880
NBI structure number	029C00001N
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