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Ky-1498 over Left Fork Beaver Creek

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

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

Ky-1498 over Left Fork Beaver Creek in Floyd 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1954, making it 71 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 844 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 107 of the 161 inventoried bridges in Floyd County rated fair (66.5%); 14 (8.7%) 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

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