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Jacks Fork Road over Watts Creek

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

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

Jacks Fork Road over Watts Creek in Whitley County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 567 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 104 of the 150 inventoried bridges in Whitley County rated fair (69.3%); 8 (5.3%) 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 59 ft
Location	.05 Mi E of Jct Ky 26
NBI structure number	118C00004N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-75 over Ky 3000-tidal Wave Rd	1966	38,219	Fair
I-75 over Bacon Crk-corinth Rd	1967	38,219	Fair
I-75 over Blake Fork Creek	1967	38,219	Fair
I-75 over Brier Creek	1966	37,791	Fair
Rest Area over Ramp Ovr Sandy Flats Roa	1973	33,001	Fair
I-75 Nc over US 25W	1967	22,282	Fair