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Smith Bridge Road over Sou. Fork. Panther Creek

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

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

Smith Bridge Road over Sou. Fork. Panther Creek in Hancock 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 1980, making it 45 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 13 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2006).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 62 of the 70 inventoried bridges in Hancock County rated fair (88.6%); 2 (2.9%) 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 73 ft
Location	.35 Mi SE of Jct CR 5114
NBI structure number	046C00030N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-60 over Blackford Creek	1968	8,410	Fair
Hartford Road over Lead Creek	1933	7,944	Fair
Ky-69 over Ohio River	1966	7,411	Fair
US-60 Nc over Yellow Creek	1983	5,222	Fair
US-60 over Yellow Creek	1978	5,222	Fair
US-60 over Indian Creek	1978	5,031	Fair