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Ky-2036 over Rockhouse Creek

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

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

Ky-2036 over Rockhouse Creek in Letcher 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1979, making it 46 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 266 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 17 of the 181 inventoried bridges in Letcher County rated poor (9.4%); 17 (9.4%) 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 80 ft
Location	50 S of JCT KY 7
NBI structure number	067B00094N
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-119 over N Fork Kentucky River	1974	11,505	Fair
Ky-15 over Ky-15c	1979	11,229	Fair
Ky-15 over N Fork Kentucky River	1979	11,229	Fair
Ky-15 over N Fork Kentucky River	1979	11,229	Fair
Ky-15 over Maryland Dr/N F KY River	1979	11,229	Fair
Ky-15 over N Fork Ky River	1965	10,037	Fair