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Ky-52 over Paint Lick Creek

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

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

Ky-52 over Paint Lick Creek in Garrard County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1948, making it 77 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,381 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2014).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 46 of the 67 inventoried bridges in Garrard County rated fair (68.7%); 4 (6.0%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 153 ft
Location	.01 Mi W of Madison Cty
NBI structure number	040B00004N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-27 over Kentucky River & Co Rd	1974	10,429	Fair
US-27 over KENTUCKY RIVER & CO	1972	10,429	Fair
Ky-52 over West Fork of Back Creek	2003	4,350	Good
Ky-52 over East Fork of Back Creek	2004	4,350	Good
Ky 52 over Ky 21 and Paint Lick CR	2016	3,511	Good
Ky-954 over White Lick Creek	1952	1,994	Fair