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US-51 over Flood Plain

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

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

US-51 over Flood Plain in Ballard County, Kentucky, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1994, making it 31 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,344 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 24 of the 85 inventoried bridges in Ballard County rated good (28.2%); 12 (14.1%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 371 ft
Location	3.0 Mi. W Jct US 60
NBI structure number	004B00063N
Condition class	Good

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