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Chester Thompson over Yowell Branch

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

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

Chester Thompson over Yowell Branch in Marion 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 1999, making it 26 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2010).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 63 of the 149 inventoried bridges in Marion County rated fair (42.3%); 13 (8.7%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 30 ft
Location	50 NW of Scuffle Cr Rd
NBI structure number	078C00125N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-68 over Hardins Creek	1927	15,312	Fair
Ky-55 over Cartwright Creek	1980	10,391	Fair
Ky 2154 over Hardins Creek	2008	7,853	Good
US-68 over Rolling Fork	1982	6,746	Good
US-68 over Buckhorn Creek	1982	6,746	Fair
Ky 3221 over Hardins Creek	1974	4,430	Fair