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Little Caney Branc over Open Fork

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

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

Little Caney Branc over Open Fork in Morgan County, Kentucky, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1978, making it 47 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 66 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2012).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 113 inventoried bridges in Morgan County rated poor (5.3%); 6 (5.3%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 40 ft
Location	100 S Ky 172
NBI structure number	088C00010N
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-460 over Licking River	1985	9,513	Fair
Morgan Cent. Elem. over Little Caney Creek	2007	6,983	Good
US-460 over Little Caney Creek	1982	5,911	Fair
US-460 over Caney Creek	1982	5,911	Good
Ky-7 over Elk Fork / Licking River	2005	5,800	Good
Ky-519 over Pleasant Run Branch	1987	4,859	Fair