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Ky-1803 over Blackwater Creek

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

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

Ky-1803 over Blackwater Creek in Laurel 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 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 204 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 133 inventoried bridges in Laurel County rated poor (3.8%); 5 (3.8%) 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 25 ft
Location	.90 Mi Nor. of Knox Cl
NBI structure number	063B00052N
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 over Ky 3432(PARKER Road	2000	53,865	Fair
I-75 over Laurel River	2020	42,462	Good
I-75 over over Rockcastle River	2005	39,651	Fair
I-75 over Ky 2041	2022	37,830	Good
I-75 over Wood Creek	2022	37,830	Good
Ky-192 over I-75 @ 38.193	2000	28,439	Fair