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Richland Road over Buck Creek

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

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

Richland Road over Buck Creek in McLean County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 113 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2012).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 60 of the 75 inventoried bridges in McLean County rated fair (80.0%); 8 (10.7%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 118 ft
Location	1.0 Mile S. Jct Ky 1046
NBI structure number	075C00003N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-431 over Branch Buck Creek	1926	6,309	Fair
US-431 over Branch Buck Creek	1926	6,309	Fair
US-431 over Buck Creek	1968	6,309	Fair
US-431 over Green River & Rough Rive	1939	5,663	Fair
US-431 over Unnamed Stream to Green	1952	5,271	Fair
US-431 over Swamp Opposite L & N.r.r	1952	4,923	Fair