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Big Sinking Denny over Big Sinking Creek

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

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

Big Sinking Denny over Big Sinking Creek in Wayne 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 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 85 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 46 of the 75 inventoried bridges in Wayne County rated fair (61.3%); 12 (16.0%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 47 ft
Location	.35 Mi Sw(s.trm) Ky 790
NBI structure number	116C00041N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky-90 over Beaver Creek	1985	9,559	Good
Ky-90 over Meadow Creek	1961	9,159	Fair
Ky 92 over Elk Spring Creek	1957	6,196	Fair
Ky-90 over Otter Creek	1979	6,123	Fair
Ky-167 over Elk Spring Creek	1963	2,841	Fair
Ky-92 over Kennedy Creek	1947	1,686	Fair