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Old Blaine Trace over Lt Fork of Little Sandy

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

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

Old Blaine Trace over Lt Fork of Little Sandy 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 1 (imminent failure condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1950, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 65 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2012).
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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 80 ft
Location	390 S of Jct. Ky 486
NBI structure number	032C00039N
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