Elkhart County, IN

272 public highway bridges

Elkhart County Bridge Snapshot

Elkhart County, Indiana contains 272 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 23.2% are rated “Good,” 46% “Fair,” 6.3% “Poor,” and 6.3% are classified as structurally deficient — the federal designation for spans whose deck, superstructure, or substructure has been rated 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. Structurally deficient does not mean unsafe to cross; it means the bridge is on the priority list for repair or replacement.

Inspections in IN are conducted by certified engineers from the state Department of Transportation on a 24-month cycle, and results are reported back to the FHWA each spring. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county, sorted by inventory load rating. Use the “Sort by” controls to surface the lowest-rated spans first, and click any row for full inspection history, traffic counts, and condition trends.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

272
Total Bridges
23.2%
Good
6.3%
Poor
6.3%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
23.2% (63)
Fair
46% (125)
Poor
6.3% (17)
SD
6.3% (17)

All Bridges (272)

CR 21

Fair

Over: DAUSMAN DITCH

00.30 S OF CR 146, Elkhart, IN

Built 1976 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 281

SHORELANE W ST

Fair

Over: SHORELANE CANAL

00.10 S OF GREENLEAF BLVD, Elkhart, IN

Built 1950 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 118

CR 20

Fair

Over: PINE CREEK

00.00 E OF CR 23, Elkhart, IN

Built 1980 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 1,786

CR 50

Fair

Over: SOLOMON CREEK

00.10 E OF CR 35, Elkhart, IN

Built 1960 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 349

CR 43

Fair

Over: ELKHART RIVER

00.20 S OF CR 44, Elkhart, IN

Built 1981 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 206

CR 46

Fair

Over: TURKEY CREEK

00.50 W OF SR 15, Elkhart, IN

Built 1957 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 2,396

CR 26

Fair

Over: YELLOW CREEK

00.10 W OF CR 113, Elkhart, IN

Built 1958 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 5,383

CR 11

Fair

Over: HOKE DITCH

00.20 S OF CR 28, Elkhart, IN

Built 1969 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 712

CR 13

Fair

Over: BERLIN COURT DITCH

00.30 S OF US 6, Elkhart, IN

Built 1980 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 388

CONCORD MALL DR

Fair

Over: YELLOW CREEK

00.10 W OF US 33, Elkhart, IN

Built 1972 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 4,106

CR 31

Fair

Over: ELKHART RIVER

00.10 N OF CR 46, Elkhart, IN

Built 1978 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 2,867

WILDEN AVE

Fair

Over: ELKHART RIVER

00.80 W OF SR 15, Elkhart, IN

Built 2002 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 6,052

INDIANA AVE

Fair

Over: ROCK RUN CREEK

00.12 N OF WILDEN, Elkhart, IN

Built 1961 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 3,711

SR 119

Fair

Over: NIPSCO CANAL

00.18 S SR 15, Elkhart, IN

Built 1958 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 12,224

CR 30

Fair

Over: BAUGO CREEK

00.40 W OF CR 3, Elkhart, IN

Built 1961 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 193

CR 11

Fair

Over: BERLIN COURT DITCH

00.20 S OF US 6, Elkhart, IN

Built 1977 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 375

CR 52

Fair

Over: WAGNER DITCH

00.50 W OF CR 13, Elkhart, IN

Built 1962 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 322

CR 8

Fair

Over: COBUS CREEK

00.30 W OF CR 1, Elkhart, IN

Built 1978 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 1,227

CR 127

Fair

Over: HYDRAULIC CANAL

00.30 S OF CR 44, Elkhart, IN

Built 1937 Load: 39.3 t ADT: 310

CR 19

Fair

Over: PINE CREEK

00.40 S OF CR 18, Elkhart, IN

Built 1959 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 2,137

SR 15

Fair

Over: KEIFFER DITCH

00.62 N US 6, Elkhart, IN

Built 1982 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 9,995

SR 15

Fair

Over: ELKHART RIVER

03.36 S SR 119, Elkhart, IN

Built 1956 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 10,936

CR 56

Fair

Over: WAGNER DITCH

00.50 W OF CR 15, Elkhart, IN

Built 1961 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 17

CR 28

Fair

Over: LEEDY DITCH

00.10 W OF US 33, Elkhart, IN

Built 1976 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 3,636

CR 35

Fair

Over: ROCK RUN CREEK

00.00 N OF CR 30, Elkhart, IN

Built 1961 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 4,913

CR 37

Fair

Over: MATHER DITCH

00.50 N OF SR 13, Elkhart, IN

Built 1980 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 986

US 33

Fair

Over: DRY RUN

01.18 N SR 13, Elkhart, IN

Built 1953 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 6,014

CR 24

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF BAUGO CREEK

00.10 E OF CR 1, Elkhart, IN

Built 1978 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 1,137

I-90 EB

Fair

Over: CHRISTIANA CREEK

00.53 W SR 19, Elkhart, IN

Built 1956 Load: 46.4 t ADT: 14,130

I-90 WB

Fair

Over: CHRISTIANA CREEK

00.53 W SR 19, Elkhart, IN

Built 1956 Load: 46.4 t ADT: 14,300

US 20 EB

Fair

Over: BAUGO CREEK

00.81 W SR 19, Elkhart, IN

Built 1991 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 17,398

US 20 WB

Fair

Over: BAUGO CREEK

00.81 W SR 19, Elkhart, IN

Built 1991 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 17,094

CR 42

Fair

Over: WISLER DITCH

00.00 W OF CR 1, Elkhart, IN

Built 1971 Load: 48.9 t ADT: 241

CR 28

Fair

Over: BAUGO CREEK

00.00 W OF CR 3, Elkhart, IN

Built 1972 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 1,490

MAIN ST

Fair

Over: ROCK RUN CREEK

00.10 N OF US 33, Elkhart, IN

Built 1973 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 5,321

CR 58

Fair

Over: MEYER DITCH

00.80 E OF CR 137, Elkhart, IN

Built 1977 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 915

CR 43

Fair

Over: MCALLISTER DITCH

00.20 N OF CR 38, Elkhart, IN

Built 1978 Load: 58.3 t ADT: 254

E COUNTY LINE RD

Fair

Over: MARTIN FOX DITCH

00.40 N OF CR 40, Elkhart, IN

Built 1979 Load: 66.4 t ADT: 464

CR 123

Fair

Over: KIEFFER DITCH

00.30 S OF US 6, Elkhart, IN

Built 1978 Load: 78.1 t ADT: 37

SR 19

Fair

Over: WISLER DITCH

00.79 S SR 119, Elkhart, IN

Built 1985 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 11,631

CR 25

Fair

Over: TROUT CREEK

00.50 S OF CR 2, Elkhart, IN

Built 1974 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 560

CR 7

Fair

Over: BERLIN COURT DITCH

00.30 N OF US 6, Elkhart, IN

Built 1973 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 4,640

SR 15

Good

Over: LITTLE ELKHART RIVER

00.11 N SR 120, Elkhart, IN

Built 1941 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 11,760

SR 4

Good

Over: BOYER DITCH

03.60 E SR 15, Elkhart, IN

Built 1990 Load: 21.7 t ADT: 2,481

OLD CR 17

Good

Over: SAILOR DITCH

00.50 N OF CR 26, Elkhart, IN

Built 1961 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 4,096

CR 37

Good

Over: ELKHART RIVER

00.20 S OF CR 44, Elkhart, IN

Built 1986 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 480

SR 13

Good

Over: DRY RUN

01.56 N US 33, Elkhart, IN

Built 1985 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 1,759

CR 32

Good

Over: BAUGO CREEK

00.20 W OF CR 1, Elkhart, IN

Built 1977 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 143

CR 17

Good

Over: DAUSMAN DITCH

00.50 S OF CR 46, Elkhart, IN

Built 1985 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 121

US 20 EB

Good

Over: ELKHART RIVER

01.35 E US 33, Elkhart, IN

Built 1991 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 11,659

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Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges Editorial