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US-51 over Bayou De Chien Creek

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

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

US-51 over Bayou De Chien Creek in Hickman 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 1982, making it 43 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,314 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 35 of the 122 inventoried bridges in Hickman County rated good (28.7%); 13 (10.7%) 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	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 125 ft
Location	.7 Mi.sou.of Jct Ky 780
NBI structure number	053B00085N
Condition class	Good

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 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
US-51 over Obion Creek	1991	1,611	Fair