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Walnut Lick Rd over Big South Fork

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

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

Walnut Lick Rd over Big South Fork in Gallatin 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1925 and reconstructed in 1972, making it 100 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 198 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 41 of the 55 inventoried bridges in Gallatin County rated fair (74.5%); 2 (3.6%) 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


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 40 ft
Location	1 Mi NW of Jct Ky 16
NBI structure number	039C00005N
Condition class	Fair

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