Total bridges
194
Public highway bridges in Adams County
County profile · official public datasets
Adams County, IN
194 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 45.4% rated Good, 53.6% Fair, 1% Poor.
- 194
- Public bridges
- 45.4%
- Good condition
- 1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Adams County pairs a top-10% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 8%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 1%
- Poor-condition share
- 194
- public highway bridges
- 1983
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Adams County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Adams County ranks #7 of 92 Indiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 1%). Adams County, Indiana contains 194 public highway bridges. Roughly 45.4% are rated “Good,” 53.6% “Fair,” and 1% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
45.4%
88 of 194 rated 7-9
Fair condition
53.6%
104 of 194 rated 5-6
Poor condition
1%
2 of 194 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#7 of 92
Among Indiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 194 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 45.4% (88)
Fair 53.6% (104)
Poor 1% (2)
Adams County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,707 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,354 crossings a day against 1,397 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 194 of 194 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
27.8% of Adams County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
54 of the 194 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 45.4% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 95% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
PIQUA ROAD over GERKE DITCH, built 1976, carries 2,572 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,707 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Adams County's bridges were built
194 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 10
1930–1939
10 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s 4
1950–1959
4 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
23 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
37 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
29 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
45 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
31 bridges
- 2010s 8
2010–2019
8 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 45 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.2% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1983, 5 years newer than the Indiana average of 1978.
How Adams County compares with Indiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Indiana counties nearest Adams County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 1% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is 7 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 91 Indiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain County | 197 | 24.9% | 67% | 8.1% | 1964 |
| Warrick County | 197 | 48.7% | 47.7% | 3.6% | 1981 |
| Howard County | 194 | 40.2% | 55.2% | 4.6% | 1976 |
| Adams County (this page) | 194 | 45.4% | 53.6% | 1% | 1983 |
| Wabash County | 192 | 28.1% | 65.6% | 6.3% | 1976 |
| Jay County | 191 | 45% | 48.7% | 6.3% | 1982 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Adams County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Adams County, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IN (194 bridges here).
- Franklin County, AL · 194 bridges
- Poinsett County, AR · 194 bridges
- Trinity County, CA · 194 bridges
- Colquitt County, GA · 194 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IN (1983 here).
- Dallas County, TX · avg 1983 · 3,230 bridges
- Bexar County, TX · avg 1983 · 2,342 bridges
- Sedgwick County, KS · avg 1983 · 1,333 bridges
- Will County, IL · avg 1983 · 649 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (104)
CR 200 NORTH
FairOver: YELLOW CREEK
0.60 MILES E OF CR 300 E, Adams, IN
Built 1991 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 110
CR 900 NORTH
FairOver: WEBER DITCH
0.40 MILES W OF US 33, Adams, IN
Built 1940 Load: 35.7 t ADT: 478
CR 400 WEST
FairOver: BEERY DITCH
0.20 MILES S OF CR 400 N, Adams, IN
Built 1970 Load: 35.7 t ADT: 693
CR 000 E/W
FairOver: UPPER WEBER DITCH
0.20 MILES S OF CR 1000 N, Adams, IN
Built 1983 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 550
CR 100 NORTH
FairOver: YELLOW CREEK
0.25 MILES E OF US 27, Adams, IN
Built 1987 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 110
CR 900 NORTH
FairOver: ST MARYS RIVER
0.70 MILES W OF US 33, Adams, IN
Built 1984 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 478
CR 1100 NORTH
FairOver: STAUB DITCH
0.60 MILES E OF CR 600 E, Adams, IN
Built 1930 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 81
CR 550 NORTH
FairOver: KOOS DITCH
0.10 MILES E OF PIQUA ROA, Adams, IN
Built 1940 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 386
CR 800 SOUTH
FairOver: JOHN THOMAS DITCH
0.10 MILES E OF CR 650 W, Adams, IN
Built 1985 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 122
CR 1200 SOUTH
FairOver: LIMBERLOST CREEK
0.20 MILES W OF US 27, Adams, IN
Built 1975 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 137
CR 600 WEST
FairOver: BLUE CREEK
0.60 MILES S OF SR 124, Adams, IN
Built 1976 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 110
CR 550 WEST
FairOver: REINHART DITCH
0.10 MILES N OF CR 1000 N, Adams, IN
Built 1985 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 271
CR 400 SOUTH
FairOver: GATES DITCH
0.40 MILES E OF CR 200 E, Adams, IN
Built 1982 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 110
CR 650 WEST
FairOver: WERLING JOINT DITCH
0.20 MILES N OF CR 900 N, Adams, IN
Built 1990 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 110
CR 450 WEST
FairOver: SCHEERY DITCH
0.30 MILES S OF CR 750 N, Adams, IN
Built 1975 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 110
CR 750 NORTH
FairOver: SCHEERY DITCH
0.30 MILES E OF CR 500 W, Adams, IN
Built 2001 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 110
CR 500 WEST
FairOver: REINHART DITCH
0.30 MILES N OF CR 900 N, Adams, IN
Built 1995 Load: 38.4 t ADT: 110
CR 500 WEST
FairOver: HOLTHOUSE DITCH
0.10 MILES S OF CR 400 N, Adams, IN
Built 1975 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 110
CR 500 WEST
FairOver: MOSER TILE
0.80 MILES S OF CR 400 S, Adams, IN
Built 1979 Load: 39.1 t ADT: 137
CR 200 SOUTH
FairOver: BLUE CREEK
0.20 MILES E OF CR 300 W, Adams, IN
Built 1967 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 110
US 224
FairOver: ST MARYS RIVER
00.85 E US 27, Adams, IN
Built 1969 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 9,815
CR 1100 SOUTH
FairOver: LOBLOLLY CREEK
0.30 MILES E OF US 27, Adams, IN
Built 1930 Load: 40.0 t ADT: 110
CR 300 EAST
FairOver: MARTZ CREEK
0.10 MILES S OF SR 124, Adams, IN
Built 1973 Load: 40.1 t ADT: 110
CR 100 NORTH
FairOver: YELLOW CREEK
0.30 MILES W OF CR 100 E, Adams, IN
Built 1987 Load: 40.3 t ADT: 110
CR 500 SOUTH
FairOver: HABEGGER DITCH
0.30 MILES E OF CR 000, Adams, IN
Built 1975 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 74
CR 100 EAST
FairOver: ENGLE DITCH
0.40 MILES S OF CR 1000 S, Adams, IN
Built 1993 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 110
CR 300 EAST
FairOver: YELLOW CREEK
0.40 MILES S OF CR 200 N, Adams, IN
Built 2007 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 110
CR 200 NORTH
FairOver: BEERY DITCH
0.40 MILES E OF CR 400 W, Adams, IN
Built 1991 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 110
CR 250 EAST
FairOver: YELLOW CREEK
0.40 MILES S OF CR 200 N, Adams, IN
Built 1982 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 110
US 27 SB US 33 SB
FairOver: ST MARYS RIVER OVERFLOW
01.45 N US 22, Adams, IN
Built 1996 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 6,001
CR 675 EAST
FairOver: SIPE DITCH
0.10 MILES S OF CR 400 S, Adams, IN
Built 1992 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 110
CR 200 EAST
FairOver: YELLOW CREEK
0.10 MILES N OF CR 100N, Adams, IN
Built 2006 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 552
CR 700 SOUTH
FairOver: RICE DITCH
0.20 MILES E OF CR 650 W, Adams, IN
Built 2004 Load: 43.5 t ADT: 110
CR 300 WEST
FairOver: LOBLOLLY CREEK
0.10 MILES N OF CR 1200 S, Adams, IN
Built 1982 Load: 44.6 t ADT: 164
CR 525 EAST
FairOver: BERGER DITCH
0.40 MILES S OF CR 500 S, Adams, IN
Built 2013 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 110
SALEM ROAD
FairOver: BLUE CREEK
0.10 MILES S OF CR 300 S, Adams, IN
Built 1958 Load: 45.2 t ADT: 273
CR 300 NORTH
FairOver: BEERY DITCH
0.60 MILES E OF CR 400 W, Adams, IN
Built 2007 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 503
SR 124
FairOver: BLUE CREEK
00.98 E SR 101, Adams, IN
Built 1990 Load: 46.0 t ADT: 1,268
CR 100 EAST
FairOver: YELLOW CREEK
0.20 MILES S OF CR 100 N, Adams, IN
Built 2006 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 680
SALEM ROAD
FairOver: YELLOW CREEK
0.20 MILES N OF CR 200 N, Adams, IN
Built 1996 Load: 47.1 t ADT: 328
CR 1100 NORTH
FairOver: REINHART DITCH
0.20 MILES W OF CR 550 W, Adams, IN
Built 1985 Load: 47.2 t ADT: 117
SR 218
FairOver: WABASH RIVER
00.73 E SR 116, Adams, IN
Built 1941 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 2,854
CR 500 EAST
FairOver: BLUE CREEK
0.40 MILES S OF CR 300 S, Adams, IN
Built 2000 Load: 48.0 t ADT: 110
BELMONT ROAD
FairOver: HAUGK DITCH
0.10 MILES N OF US 224, Adams, IN
Built 1996 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 55
CR 100 NORTH
FairOver: YELLOW CREEK
0.40 MILES W OF CR 200 E, Adams, IN
Built 2007 Load: 50.7 t ADT: 110
CR 1000 SOUTH
FairOver: BREWSTER DITCH
0.10 MILES E OF CR 450 E, Adams, IN
Built 1998 Load: 51.3 t ADT: 110
CR 500 WEST
FairOver: BERT SMITH DITCH
0.10 MILES S OF SR 218, Adams, IN
Built 2000 Load: 52.9 t ADT: 415
CR 650 SOUTH
FairOver: RICE CREEK
0.50 MILES E OF CR 650 W, Adams, IN
Built 2001 Load: 53.7 t ADT: 28
CR 250 NORTH
FairOver: YELLOW CREEK
0.70 MILES W OF US 33, Adams, IN
Built 1999 Load: 54.0 t ADT: 110
CR 500 WEST
FairOver: JOHN THOMAS DITCH
0.20 MILES S OF CR 700 S, Adams, IN
Built 1999 Load: 54.8 t ADT: 110
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