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Ky-70 over Jennings Creek

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

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

Ky-70 over Jennings Creek in Hopkins 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 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1974, making it 51 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 512 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 29 of the 249 inventoried bridges in Hopkins County rated good (11.6%); 18 (7.2%) 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 multiple box beam
Length	about 58 ft
Location	.40 Mi S.E. of Jct Ky 291
NBI structure number	054B00172N
Condition class	Good

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
Edward T Breathitt over Pennyrile Parkway	1968	23,815	Poor
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