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Ky-404 over Buckeye Branch

Floyd County, Kentucky · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Ky-404 over Buckeye Branch in Floyd County, Kentucky, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1942, making it 83 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,742 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 40 of the 161 inventoried bridges in Floyd County rated good (24.8%); 14 (8.7%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
Its most recent inspection on record is dated September 2023, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	7	7	Good condition


Structure	Concrete culvert
Length	about 22 ft
Location	0.10 MI N of JCT KY 1210
NBI structure number	036B00033N
Condition class	Good
Traffic status (item 41)	Posted for load
Last inspection (item 90)	September 2023
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	8: foundations stable, scour above the top of the footing

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-23 over Bull Creek	1973	22,479	Fair
US-23 over Bull Creek	1978	22,479	Fair
US-23 over Bull Creek	1978	22,479	Fair
US-23 over Ky-114	1992	22,479	Fair
US-23 over KY-2555/Middle Creek	1992	13,144	Fair
US-23 over KY-2555/Middle Creek	1992	13,144	Fair