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Ky-239 over Bayou De Chien Overflow

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

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

Ky-239 over Bayou De Chien Overflow in Hickman County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1941, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 921 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 74 of the 122 inventoried bridges in Hickman County rated fair (60.7%); 13 (10.7%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-51 over Town Branch	1927	4,209	Fair
US-51 over Bayou De Chien Creek	1982	2,314	Good
US-51 over Bayou De Chien Overflow	1982	2,314	Good
US-51 over Cane Creek	1926	2,233	Fair
US-51 over Brush Creek	1926	1,709	Poor
US-51 over Cane Creek	2000	1,709	Good