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Elam Branch Rd over Richland Creek

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

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

Elam Branch Rd over Richland Creek in Knox County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2017, making it 8 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 79 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2006).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 91 of the 125 inventoried bridges in Knox County rated fair (72.8%); 9 (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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 41 ft
Location	.2 Mi W of Jct Ky 229 3
NBI structure number	061C00046N
Condition class	Fair

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