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Bridge conditions in Pendleton County, Kentucky

94 inventoried bridges · 3 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

The federal inventory lists 94 bridges in Pendleton County: 32 rated good, 59 fair, and 3 poor.

3 of the 94 bridges in Pendleton County, Kentucky, are rated in poor condition (3.2%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
32 bridges (34.0%) are rated good and 59 (62.8%) fair.
The median Pendleton County bridge was built in 1983.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is Milford Rd over Mill Creek (built 1940), carrying about 71 vehicles a day.

Good 34.0% · Fair 62.8% · Poor 3.2% of 94 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Milford Rd over Mill Creek	1940	71	Poor
Morgan Four Oaks R over Johnson Creek	1940	71	Poor
Blanket Creek Rd over Blanket Creek	1930	14	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-27 over S Fk Licking River	1939	7,113	Fair
US-27 over C.S.X. Railroad	2003	7,113	Good
US-27 over CSX Rr-cr 5011-kennedy B	1947	6,161	Fair
US-27 over Harris Creek @boston	1941	6,161	Fair
US-27 over So.fk. Licking River	1948	6,161	Fair
US-27 over Blanket Creek Nr Four Oa	1947	3,908	Fair
Ky-177 over Flour Creek	1962	2,789	Fair
Ky-177 over Sou.fk.licking R.@butler	1936	2,664	Fair
Ky 177 over Willow Creek	1949	2,664	Fair
Ky-22 over Licking River	2012	2,570	Good

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

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