Home › Kentucky › Lee County › Ky-52 over Big Sinking Creek

Ky-52 over Big Sinking Creek

Lee County, Kentucky · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Ky-52 over Big Sinking Creek in Lee County, Kentucky, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1985, making it 40 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,055 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 16 of the 42 inventoried bridges in Lee County rated good (38.1%); 2 (4.8%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 88 ft
Location	.2 Mi W of Jct Ky 2453
NBI structure number	065B00025N
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Cs 1031 over Crystal Creek	1936	7,580	Fair
Ky-11 over N. Fork of Kentucky Rive	1962	7,080	Fair
Ky-11 over S. Fork of Kentucky Rive	1956	5,683	Fair
Ky 0052 over Crystal Creek	2008	3,265	Good
Ky-52 over Middle Fk.kentucky River	1951	1,891	Good
Ky-52 over CSX Railroad	1987	1,891	Fair