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Hade Bell Road over West Bays Fork

Allen County, Kentucky · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Hade Bell Road over West Bays Fork in Allen County, Kentucky, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2015, making it 10 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 285 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2014).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 15 of the 88 inventoried bridges in Allen County rated good (17.0%); 5 (5.7%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 40 ft
Location	1.7 MI S of Jct Ky 100
NBI structure number	002C00066N
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky-100 over West Bays Creek	2020	9,245	Good
US-31E over West Bays Fk	1985	7,900	Fair
Ky-980 over W Bays Fork Creek	1960	7,604	Fair
US-31E over Trammel Fork Creek	1986	5,792	Fair
US-31E over Bays Fork Creek	1985	5,640	Fair
US-31E over Barren River Lake	1963	5,516	Fair