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Cr-1283 over Wells Creek

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

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

Cr-1283 over Wells Creek in Elliott County, Kentucky, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1978, making it 47 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 32 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 9 of the 53 inventoried bridges in Elliott County rated poor (17.0%); 9 (17.0%) are rated poor.
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.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 26 ft
Location	.1 Mi E of Jct Ky 650
NBI structure number	032C00025N
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky-7 over Little Sandy River	1930	3,881	Fair
Ky 7 over Little Sandy River CR	1999	3,568	Fair
Ky-7 over Little Sandy	2004	2,422	Good
Ky-7 over Little Sandy River	1966	2,396	Fair
Right Frk Sheepski over Middle Fork	1967	2,009	Fair
Ky-7 over Doctors Branch	1937	1,581	Fair