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John Puryear Drive over Ky 284 P&l RR Cook & Bul

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

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

John Puryear Drive over Ky 284 P&l RR Cook & Bul in McCracken County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1998, making it 27 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10,418 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 106 of the 200 inventoried bridges in McCracken County rated fair (53.0%); 15 (7.5%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete single box beam
Length	about 1,271 ft
Location	.38 Mi S. Jct US 60&62
NBI structure number	073B00152N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-24 over Bee Br of Island Crk.	1975	38,690	Good
I-24 over Ohio River	1974	33,107	Fair
I 24 Nc over U.S. 45	1975	22,743	Fair
I-24 over U.S. 45	1975	22,743	Fair
I 24 Nc over P&l Rr-pool Rd-shdmn R	1975	22,743	Good
I-24 over P&l Rr-pool Rd- Shdmn R	1975	22,743	Fair