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Nichols Br over Dry Creek

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

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

Nichols Br over Dry Creek in Rowan 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 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 738 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2009).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 82 of the 129 inventoried bridges in Rowan County rated fair (63.6%); 6 (4.7%) 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 45 ft
Location	.1 Mi S of Jct Ky 1167
NBI structure number	103C00019N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky 32 over North Forktriplett Creek	2006	23,002	Good
West Wilkerson Bou over Oyley Branch	1991	15,005	Fair
US-60 over Town Branch	1993	13,849	Fair
Ky 519 over Triplett Creek	2008	10,421	Fair
I-64 Nc over Bull Fork Crk & Road	1968	10,271	Fair
I-64 over Bull Fork Crk & Road	1968	10,271	Fair