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Ky-55 over Beech Fork River

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

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

Ky-55 over Beech Fork River in Nelson County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1947 and reconstructed in 1970, making it 78 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 851 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 80 of the 151 inventoried bridges in Nelson County rated fair (53.0%); 14 (9.3%) 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


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 336 ft
Location	on Washington - Nelson Cl
NBI structure number	090B00022N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US-150 over Mill Creek	1950	12,583	Fair
US 150 over Bluegrass Parkway	2018	12,583	Good
US-150 over Rowan Creek	1950	10,961	Fair
US-31E over Bluegrass Parkway	1964	10,321	Fair
US-31E over Beech Fork River	2000	10,321	Fair
US-150 over Slough Beech Fork	1957	9,268	Good