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Spencer Rd over Clover Lick Creek

Harlan County, Kentucky · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Spencer Rd over Clover Lick Creek in Harlan County, Kentucky, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1955, making it 70 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 30 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2006).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 39 of the 253 inventoried bridges in Harlan County rated poor (15.4%); 39 (15.4%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 50 ft
Location	.1 Mi NE of Jct Ky 2006
NBI structure number	048C00011N
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-421 over Clover Fk Cumberland Rvr	1976	15,138	Fair
US-421 over Clover Fork & L.&n. R.R.	1974	15,138	Fair
US-421 over CSX Rr-ky 480-clover Fk	1974	15,138	Fair
US-119 over Ky 413 & Poor Fk Cmbrl R	1966	7,584	Fair
Ky-160 over Looney Creek	1942	6,483	Fair
Industrial Park Rd over Martins Fork	1998	6,260	Good