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John Watts Road over Hickman Creek

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

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

John Watts Road over Hickman Creek in Jessamine 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1955, making it 70 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 98 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2011).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 43 of the 58 inventoried bridges in Jessamine County rated fair (74.1%); 1 (1.7%) 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 concrete tee beam
Length	about 140 ft
Location	0.5 Mi. W. of Ky 1541
NBI structure number	057C00028N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-27 over Marshall Branch	1944	35,153	Fair
US-27 over Old US 27	1971	20,858	Fair
US. 27 over NS (cno&tp) System	1986	15,616	Good
US-27 over NS (cno&tp) System	1986	15,616	Fair
Wilmore Road over Jessamine Creek	1950	11,973	Fair
Wilmore Road over US 27 By-pass	1986	11,973	Fair