Branson Road over Pitman Creek

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

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

• Branson Road over Pitman Creek in Webster County, Kentucky, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1982, making it 43 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 17 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2011).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 15 of the 143 inventoried bridges in Webster County rated poor (10.5%); 15 (10.5%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is posted for load (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated November 2024, on a 6-month routine inspection cycle.
• 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.

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

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