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Bethlehem Church R over Br of Shelton Creek

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

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

Bethlehem Church R over Br of Shelton Creek in Ballard County, Kentucky, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1942, making it 83 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 228 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2010).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 12 of the 85 inventoried bridges in Ballard County rated poor (14.1%); 12 (14.1%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings

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