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US-42 over Craigs Creek

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

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

US-42 over Craigs Creek in Gallatin County, Kentucky, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1989, making it 36 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,241 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 55 inventoried bridges in Gallatin County rated good (21.8%); 2 (3.6%) are rated poor.
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


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 387 ft
Location	2.0 Mi S.W. Jct Ky 35
NBI structure number	039B00039N
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-71 over Big South Fork Creek	1967	37,745	Good
I-71 over Ky 35	2007	37,308	Good
I-71 over KY3002	1967	18,873	Fair
I-71 over KY3002	1967	18,873	Fair
I-71 over Little Sugar Road	1967	18,873	Fair
I-71 over Little Sugar Road	1967	18,873	Fair