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US-51 over IC Railway and Beech Cr.

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

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

US-51 over IC Railway and Beech Cr. in Ballard 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 2,534 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 49 of the 85 inventoried bridges in Ballard County rated fair (57.6%); 12 (14.1%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 375 ft
Location	S Ky 121 @ Wickliffe
NBI structure number	004B00060N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-60 over Page Branch	1929	7,187	Fair
US-60 over Frazier Creek	1929	5,514	Fair
US-60 over Branch Frazier Creek	1929	5,514	Fair
US-60 over Fork of Humphrey CR	1985	5,514	Fair
US-60 over Humphrey Creek	1985	5,514	Good
US-51 over Ohio River -ic (sou) RR	1937	5,344	Fair