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Marcumtown Rd over Rockcastle Creek

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

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

Marcumtown Rd over Rockcastle Creek in Martin 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 1989, making it 36 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 164 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2011).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 10 of the 70 inventoried bridges in Martin County rated poor (14.3%); 10 (14.3%) 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 109 ft
Location	At JCT of KY 3 & KY 292
NBI structure number	080C00039N
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky-40 over Rockcastle Creek	1953	4,804	Poor
Ky-645 over Middle Fork	2004	4,537	Good
Ky-645 over Becca Liz Ln	2005	4,537	Good
Ky-645 over KY-40 & Coldwater Fork	2010	4,537	Good
Ky-645 Ramp Ky-40 over Coldwater Fork	2006	4,537	Good
Ky 40 over Buck Creek	1929	4,308	Good