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Edward T Breathitt over Pennyrile Parkway

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

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

Edward T Breathitt over Pennyrile Parkway in Hopkins 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 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 23,815 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 18 of the 249 inventoried bridges in Hopkins County rated poor (7.2%); 18 (7.2%) 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	Continuous concrete single box beam
Length	about 305 ft
Location	.2 Mi SE of Jct Ky 1751
NBI structure number	054B00016N
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Eb-9004 over Drain to Br of Flat Cree	1961	26,883	Fair
Eb-9004 over Br of Flat Creek	1961	21,787	Fair
Ramp M over I-69	2014	20,310	Good
Ramp L over I-69	2014	20,310	Good
Ky-281 over CSX Railroad	2002	20,111	Fair
I-69 over Elk Creek	1967	19,047	Fair