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US 31E over Salt River

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

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

US 31E over Salt River in Spencer County, Kentucky, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 8,202 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 43 of the 58 inventoried bridges in Spencer County rated fair (74.1%); 5 (8.6%) 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 prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 404 ft
Location	at Bullitt Cl
NBI structure number	108B00043N
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ky 155 over Elk Creek	1982	14,485	Fair
Ky 155 over Plum Creek	1982	14,485	Fair
Ky 44 over Brashears Creek	1979	7,761	Fair
Ky 44 over Elk Creek	1932	6,191	Fair
Ky 44 over Brashears Creek	1958	6,191	Fair
Ky 44 over Plum Creek	1932	3,985	Poor