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Ky-279 over Rhodes Creek

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

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

Ky-279 over Rhodes Creek in Daviess 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1971, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 572 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 202 of the 282 inventoried bridges in Daviess County rated fair (71.6%); 17 (6.0%) 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 38 ft
Location	1.3 Mi Sou. of Jct US 60
NBI structure number	030B00098N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky-54 over US 60 By-pass	2000	31,947	Good
Wendell Ford Expy over US431	1970	20,406	Fair
Owensboro Byp over US431	1970	20,406	Fair
Wendell Ford Expy over Sutherland Rd	1969	20,406	Fair
Owensboro Byp over Sutherland Rd	1971	20,406	Fair
Wendell Ford Expy over J.r.miller Blvd	1969	20,406	Fair