Home › Kentucky › Pulaski County › US-27 over Cumberland River

US-27 over Cumberland River

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

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

US-27 over Cumberland River in Pulaski 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 2001, making it 24 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 13,473 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 135 of the 181 inventoried bridges in Pulaski County rated fair (74.6%); 9 (5.0%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 1,406 ft
Location	0.4 Miles S. of Jct Ky 90
NBI structure number	100B00108N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky-80b over NS (cno&tp) System	1971	20,743	Fair
US 27 Ramp C NB over NS (cno & Tp) RR	2008	20,019	Fair
Ky 2292 over Norfolk - Southern R.R.	2007	16,995	Fair
Ky 90 over Cumberland River	2005	14,765	Fair
Ky 90 over US 27 & Ky 1247	2008	14,765	Good
Ky 914 over Rush Branch Creek	1997	11,968	Good