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Nicholas St. over Valley Creek

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

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

Nicholas St. over Valley Creek in Hardin 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 2009, making it 16 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,022 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 102 of the 221 inventoried bridges in Hardin County rated good (46.2%); 8 (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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 176 ft
Location	0.1 Mi S. of Jct US 62
NBI structure number	047C00076N
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-65 over Valley Creek	1956	68,858	Fair
Interstate 65 Ramp over US 31W (under S.b.connec	1983	68,858	Fair
I-65 over Town Branch	1956	60,000	Good
I-65 over East Rhudes Creek	1958	53,566	Good
I 65 over Rhudes Creek Road	2018	53,566	Good
I-65 over Clear Creek	1983	51,705	Fair