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Hempfling Rd over Trace Run

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

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

Hempfling Rd over Trace Run in Kenton 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 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 465 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 142 inventoried bridges in Kenton County rated poor (9.9%); 14 (9.9%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 79 ft
Location	1.8 Mi NW of Jct Ky 14
NBI structure number	059C00074N
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-75 S Ramp over I275-i75-g&d Ramps	1971	196,929	Fair
I-75 Ramp over Ramp Donaldson to I-75	1977	196,929	Fair
I-75 SB and Ramp over Donaldson Rd (ky 236)	2000	196,929	Good
I-75 Ramp over 9TH St (I-75NB) Rampg	1993	159,350	Good
I-75 Ramp over 9TH St (cov)	1993	159,350	Good
I-75 Ramp over 9TH St-covington	1993	159,350	Fair