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Ky-478 over Bridge Fork Creek

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

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

Ky-478 over Bridge Fork Creek in McCreary 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1981, making it 44 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 220 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 41 inventoried bridges in McCreary County rated poor (14.6%); 6 (14.6%) 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 45 ft
Location	4.3 Mi. E. Jct US 27
NBI structure number	074B00025N
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky-92 over Cno & Tp RR	1989	4,150	Fair
Ky-1651 over NS (cno&tp) Sys @ Whtly	1956	3,418	Poor
Ky-1651 over Ky&tenn RR In Stearns	1936	3,050	Fair
Ky-1651 over Cno & Southern RR	2000	3,050	Fair
Ky-92 over Osborne Creek	2018	2,277	Good
Ky-92 over Marsh Creek	2019	2,277	Good