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Saltwell-headq Rd. over Beaver Creek

Nicholas County, Kentucky · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Saltwell-headq Rd. over Beaver Creek in Nicholas County, Kentucky, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2007, making it 18 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 113 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 22 of the 82 inventoried bridges in Nicholas County rated good (26.8%); 3 (3.7%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 35 ft
Location	.05M S of Jct CR 5308
NBI structure number	091C00046N
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-68 over Stony Creek	1969	4,276	Fair
US-68 over Licking River	1969	4,276	Fair
_US68 over _Brushy Creek	2020	4,101	Good
US-68 over over Brushy Creek	2002	4,090	Good
US-68 over over Stony Creek	2002	4,090	Good
Ky-36 over Brushy Fork	1932	3,932	Fair