Total bridges
123
Public highway bridges in Crawford County
County profile · official public datasets
Crawford County, IN
123 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 34.1% rated Good, 48.8% Fair, 17.1% Poor.
- 123
- Public bridges
- 34.1%
- Good condition
- 17.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Crawford County pairs a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with an older average build year than the state inventory.
- 90th
- of 92 on Poor share
- 17.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 123
- public highway bridges
- 1964
- 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.
Crawford County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Crawford County ranks #90 of 92 Indiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 17.1%). Crawford County, Indiana contains 123 public highway bridges. Roughly 34.1% are rated “Good,” 48.8% “Fair,” and 17.1% “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
34.1%
42 of 123 rated 7-9
Fair condition
48.8%
60 of 123 rated 5-6
Poor condition
17.1%
21 of 123 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#90 of 92
Among Indiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 123 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 34.1% (42)
Fair 48.8% (60)
Poor 17.1% (21)
Crawford County's Poor-condition bridges carry 4,366 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 17.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 208 crossings a day against 1,586 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 123 of 123 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
63.4% of Crawford County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
78 of the 123 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 34.1% 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 9.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
DRY RUN ROAD over DRY RUN, built 1905, carries 411 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 21-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 4,366 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Crawford County's bridges were built
123 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 2
Built before 1900
2 bridges
- 1900s 5
1900–1909
5 bridges
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 7
1920–1929
7 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
26 bridges
- 1940s 6
1940–1949
6 bridges
- 1950s 8
1950–1959
8 bridges
- 1960s 7
1960–1969
7 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
18 bridges
- 1980s 7
1980–1989
7 bridges
- 1990s 7
1990–1999
7 bridges
- 2000s 10
2000–2009
10 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
12 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1930s, when 26 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.1% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 85 to 94 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1964, 14 years older than the Indiana average of 1978.
How Crawford County compares with Indiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Indiana counties nearest Crawford County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 17.1% Poor share is the 6th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1964 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is 13 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 91 Indiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison County | 127 | 37.8% | 59.8% | 2.4% | 1982 |
| Vermillion County | 127 | 26.8% | 65.4% | 7.9% | 1973 |
| Crawford County (this page) | 123 | 34.1% | 48.8% | 17.1% | 1964 |
| Scott County | 118 | 47.5% | 46.6% | 5.9% | 1982 |
| Whitley County | 115 | 41.7% | 58.3% | 0% | 1984 |
| Brown County | 114 | 20.2% | 63.2% | 16.7% | 1964 |
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 Crawford 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 Crawford County, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IN (123 bridges here).
- Jackson County, GA · 123 bridges
- Hickman County, KY · 123 bridges
- Bladen County, NC · 123 bridges
- New Hanover County, NC · 123 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IN (1964 here).
- Bergen County, NJ · avg 1964 · 577 bridges
- Morris County, NJ · avg 1964 · 508 bridges
- Baltimore city County, MD · avg 1964 · 374 bridges
- Ross County, OH · avg 1964 · 356 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (123)
SR 64
GoodOver: BRANCH FLEMING CREEK
00.05 E SR 145, Crawford, IN
Built 2007 Load: 74.5 t ADT: 3,500
SR 64/SR 66
GoodOver: CIDER FORK
01.42 E SR 66, Crawford, IN
Built 1959 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 5,374
BAKER ROAD
PoorOver: STINKING FORK
0.10 W OF EATON ROAD, Crawford, IN
Built 1938 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 2
WASHINGTON STREET
PoorOver: BRANDYWINE FORK
0.00 N OF DEPOT STREET, Crawford, IN
Built 1928 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 411
OLD FELKER ROAD
PoorOver: OTTER CREEK
0.00 S OF OTTER CREEK RD, Crawford, IN
Built 1968 Load: 3.9 t ADT: 25
ALTON FREDONIA RD
PoorOver: LITTLE BLUE RIVER
0.10 W OF ATWOOD DRIVE, Crawford, IN
Built 1900 Load: 5.3 t ADT: 271
HATFIELD ROAD
PoorOver: OTTER CREEK
0.00 E OF GOVERNORS TRAIL, Crawford, IN
Built 1935 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 250
MAGNOLIA ROAD
PoorOver: JABY CREEK
0.10 E OF HUBBARD, Crawford, IN
Built 1933 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 400
BEASLEY ROAD
PoorOver: CAMP FORK CREEK
0.10 S OF FIFTH STREET, Crawford, IN
Built 1950 Load: 6.6 t ADT: 411
BEECHWOOD ROAD
PoorOver: LITTLE BLUE RIVER
0.70 N OF BEECHWOOD WYE, Crawford, IN
Built 1925 Load: 7.0 t ADT: 270
MITCHELL CREEK RD
PoorOver: ANDERSON RIVER
0.10 S OF GOVERNORS TRACE, Crawford, IN
Built 1965 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 100
MOUNT STERLING ROA
PoorOver: BOGARD CREEK
0.10 S OF BOGARD HOLLOW, Crawford, IN
Built 1915 Load: 8.4 t ADT: 141
ECKERT ROAD
PoorOver: REASOR BRANCH
0.10 N OF ZELLER ROAD, Crawford, IN
Built 1940 Load: 9.3 t ADT: 145
MOUNT STERLING RD
PoorOver: BRUSHY CREEK
0.00 E OF ENGLISH RS ROAD, Crawford, IN
Built 1960 Load: 9.8 t ADT: 137
OTTER CREEK ROAD
PoorOver: BRANCH OF OTTER CREEK
0.60 W OF COLVERT ROLL, Crawford, IN
Built 1930 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 400
HARDSCRABBEL ROAD
PoorOver: RICEVILLE CREEK
0.50 N OF ANDRY LANE, Crawford, IN
Built 1994 Load: 11.5 t ADT: 100
MIFFLIN WEST FORK
PoorOver: REASOR BRANCH
0.10 W OF ECKERT ROAD, Crawford, IN
Built 1940 Load: 12.0 t ADT: 200
DRY RUN ROAD
PoorOver: DRY RUN
1.30 N OF TOWER ROAD, Crawford, IN
Built 1905 Load: 16.8 t ADT: 411
SHAFER RIDGE ROAD
PoorOver: DRY RUN
1.20 E OF BAUER LANE, Crawford, IN
Built 1930 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 140
MANSFIELD ROAD
PoorOver: TURKEY FORK
1.00 W OF TWO BIT ROAD, Crawford, IN
Built 1908 Load: 20.0 t ADT: 40
JONES ROAD
PoorOver: CAMP FORK CREEK
0.20 S OF TEMPLE ROAD, Crawford, IN
Built 1935 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 141
ALSTOTT ROAD
PoorOver: HIGHFILL CREEK
0.80 NW OF SYCAMORE ROAD, Crawford, IN
Built 1935 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 271
WHISKEY RUN RANCH
PoorOver: BRANCH OF SLICK RUN
0.00 N OF SLICK CREEK, Crawford, IN
Built 1930 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 100
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