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Ky-256 over Yellow Creek

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

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

Ky-256 over Yellow Creek in McLean 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 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 153 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 8 of the 75 inventoried bridges in McLean County rated poor (10.7%); 8 (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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-431 over Branch Buck Creek	1926	6,309	Fair
US-431 over Branch Buck Creek	1926	6,309	Fair
US-431 over Buck Creek	1968	6,309	Fair
US-431 over Green River & Rough Rive	1939	5,663	Fair
US-431 over Unnamed Stream to Green	1952	5,271	Fair
US-431 over Swamp Opposite L & N.r.r	1952	4,923	Fair