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Alford Rd over S.fk. Buchanah Creek

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

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

Alford Rd over S.fk. Buchanah Creek in Mercer County, Kentucky, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1965, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 165 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 6 of the 76 inventoried bridges in Mercer County rated poor (7.9%); 6 (7.9%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	4	Poor condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Danville Road over Dry Creek	1952	10,414	Fair
Harrodsburg Bypass over Pioneer Creek	1996	9,565	Fair
Martha Layne Colli over Salt River	1965	7,450	Fair
Bg-9002 over Salt River	1965	7,450	Fair
127 Bypass South R over Southern RR	1996	4,783	Good
Harrodsburg Bypass over Southern Railroad	1996	4,783	Good