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Ky-459 over Indian Creek

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

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

Ky-459 over Indian Creek in Knox County, Kentucky, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 145 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 9 of the 125 inventoried bridges in Knox County rated poor (7.2%); 9 (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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 33 ft
Location	.10 Mi Sou. of Jct Ky 6
NBI structure number	061B00072N
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-25E over Fighting Creek	1979	17,457	Fair
South US 25E over Little Richland Creek	1979	8,489	Fair
US-25E over Little Richland Creek	1979	8,489	Fair
Ky 3041 over Ky 1232 CSX RR Lynn Camp	1993	7,935	Fair
South US 25E over Big Richland Creek	1979	7,739	Fair
US-25E over Big Richland Creek	1979	7,739	Fair