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Reed Road over Br.s.fk.-bayou De Chien

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

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

Reed Road over Br.s.fk.-bayou De Chien in Hickman County, Kentucky, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 9 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2010).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 13 of the 122 inventoried bridges in Hickman County rated poor (10.7%); 13 (10.7%) 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


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 25 ft
Location	1.5 Mi. E. Jct Browns Rd
NBI structure number	053C00048N
Condition class	Poor

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