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Ky 502 over Clear Creek

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

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

Ky 502 over Clear Creek in Hopkins County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2014, making it 11 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 307 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 202 of the 249 inventoried bridges in Hopkins County rated fair (81.1%); 18 (7.2%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete single box beam
Length	about 168 ft
Location	2.8 Mi S of Jct Ky 1034
NBI structure number	054B00224N
Condition class	Fair

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