Total bridges
85
Public highway bridges in Fulton County
County profile · official public datasets
Fulton County, IN
85 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 36.5% rated Good, 58.8% Fair, 4.7% Poor.
- 85
- Public bridges
- 36.5%
- Good condition
- 4.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Fulton County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- Top 49%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 4.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 85
- public highway bridges
- 1977
- 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.
Fulton County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Fulton County ranks #45 of 92 Indiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.7%). Fulton County, Indiana contains 85 public highway bridges. Roughly 36.5% are rated “Good,” 58.8% “Fair,” and 4.7% “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
36.5%
31 of 85 rated 7-9
Fair condition
58.8%
50 of 85 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.7%
4 of 85 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#45 of 92
Among Indiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 85 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 36.5% (31)
Fair 58.8% (50)
Poor 4.7% (4)
Fulton County's Poor-condition bridges carry 405 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 101 crossings a day against 1,615 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 85 of 85 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
49.4% of Fulton County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
42 of the 85 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 36.5% 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 25.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CR 800W over GRASSY CREEK, built 1950, carries 105 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 4-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 405 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Fulton County's bridges were built
85 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 3
1930–1939
3 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 6
1950–1959
6 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
20 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
19 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
9 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
10 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
8 bridges
- 2010s 6
2010–2019
6 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 20 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.5% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1977) matches the Indiana average (1978).
How Fulton County compares with Indiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Indiana counties nearest Fulton County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.7% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1977 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 91 Indiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette County | 100 | 33% | 57% | 10% | 1981 |
| LaGrange County | 100 | 45% | 54% | 1% | 1974 |
| Noble County | 89 | 41.6% | 49.4% | 9% | 1973 |
| Starke County | 86 | 53.5% | 40.7% | 5.8% | 1987 |
| Fulton County (this page) | 85 | 36.5% | 58.8% | 4.7% | 1977 |
| Blackford County | 73 | 31.5% | 63% | 5.5% | 1983 |
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 Fulton 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 Fulton County, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IN (85 bridges here).
- Monroe County, AR · 85 bridges
- Elbert County, CO · 85 bridges
- Hardee County, FL · 85 bridges
- Early County, GA · 85 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IN (1977 here).
- San Diego County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,632 bridges
- King County, WA · avg 1977 · 1,238 bridges
- Riverside County, CA · avg 1977 · 1,117 bridges
- Shelby County, TN · avg 1977 · 1,077 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (85)
CR 400S
FairOver: BOLLEY DITCH
01.20 MI. E. CR 1300 E, Fulton, IN
Built 2000 Load: 11.3 t ADT: 550
CR 250 EAST
FairOver: MUD CREEK
00.20 S OF CR 650 S, Fulton, IN
Built 1970 Load: 21.6 t ADT: 100
CR 650 EAST
FairOver: CHIPPEWANUCK CREEK
00.30 S OF FORT WAYNE ROA, Fulton, IN
Built 1999 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 375
CR 375E
FairOver: REISTER DITCH
00.50 N OF CR 550 N, Fulton, IN
Built 1997 Load: 25.4 t ADT: 100
CR 775N
FairOver: BIG YELLOW CREEK
00.10 E OF CR 700 E, Fulton, IN
Built 1965 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 100
OLSON ROAD
FairOver: MUD CREEK
00.40 E OF CR 600 W, Fulton, IN
Built 1969 Load: 28.9 t ADT: 750
CR 100S
FairOver: MUD CREEK
00.30 W OF CR 200 W, Fulton, IN
Built 1966 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 125
US 31 NB
FairOver: TIPPECANOE RIVER
02.77 N SR 14, Fulton, IN
Built 1972 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 5,784
US 31 SB
FairOver: TIPPECANOE RIVER
02.77 N SR 14, Fulton, IN
Built 1972 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 5,784
CR 1100W
FairOver: MILL CREEK
00.30 N OF CR 475 S, Fulton, IN
Built 1969 Load: 31.9 t ADT: 100
CR 700 E
FairOver: BIG YELLOW CREEK
00.10 S OF SR 25, Fulton, IN
Built 1964 Load: 32.6 t ADT: 200
OLD SR 17
FairOver: TIPPECANOE RIVER
00.01 N OF SYCAMORE BEND, Fulton, IN
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250
MICHIGAN ROAD
FairOver: MILL CREEK
00.50 S OF CR 200 N, Fulton, IN
Built 1926 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,575
CR 600 SOUTH
FairOver: MUD CREEK
00.20 E OF CR 125 E, Fulton, IN
Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 375
CR 100N
FairOver: COLLINS DITCH
00.40 W OF CR 600 W, Fulton, IN
Built 1962 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 125
CR 100W
FairOver: MUD CREEK
00.70 N OF CR 500 S, Fulton, IN
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
4TH STREET
FairOver: MILL CREEK
00.10 E OF MADISON, Fulton, IN
Built 1955 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,075
MICHIGAN ROAD
FairOver: TIPPECANOE RIVER
00.04 N OF CR 350 N, Fulton, IN
Built 1982 Load: 33.8 t ADT: 2,250
CR 275N
FairOver: BAILEY DITCH ARM #3
00.05 MI. E. CR 800 W, Fulton, IN
Built 2016 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 100
CR 200S
FairOver: MUD CREEK
00.10 W OF CR 200 W, Fulton, IN
Built 1966 Load: 34.5 t ADT: 200
CR 700 EAST
FairOver: RAIN CREEK
00.40 S OF CR 350 S, Fulton, IN
Built 1963 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 100
CR 700 EAST
FairOver: CHIPPEWANUCK CREEK
00.20 N OF CR 50 N, Fulton, IN
Built 1962 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 100
CR 450 EAST
FairOver: CHIPPEWANUCK CREEK
00.20 N OF CR 300 N, Fulton, IN
Built 1976 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 100
SR 110
FairOver: TIPPECANOE RIVER
00.34 W SR 25, Fulton, IN
Built 1957 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 1,249
CR 500S
FairOver: MILL CREEK
00.50 E OF CR 750 W, Fulton, IN
Built 1968 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 100
CR 800W
FairOver: MILL CREEK
00.40 S OF CR 400 S, Fulton, IN
Built 1967 Load: 36.4 t ADT: 100
CR 325S
FairOver: MUD CREEK
00.10 W OF CR 200 W, Fulton, IN
Built 1935 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 100
SR 14
FairOver: MUD CREEK
04.48 W US 31, Fulton, IN
Built 1968 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 2,544
SR 25
FairOver: WILLOW CREEK
03.19 S SR 110, Fulton, IN
Built 1936 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 2,897
SR 25
FairOver: HERREL CREEK
04.95 N SR 14, Fulton, IN
Built 1937 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 2,897
SR 17
FairOver: LITTLE MILL CREEK
01.22 S SR 14, Fulton, IN
Built 1940 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 666
US 31 SB
FairOver: SR 25
01.21 S SR 14, Fulton, IN
Built 1970 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 8,971
CR 400W
FairOver: MUD CREEK
00.70 N OF CR 100 S, Fulton, IN
Built 1976 Load: 41.0 t ADT: 100
CR 525E
FairOver: TIPPECANOE RIVER
00.03 E of CR 650 N, Fulton, IN
Built 1980 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 275
CR 440E
FairOver: REISTER DITCH
00.20 N OF CR 550 N, Fulton, IN
Built 1976 Load: 42.7 t ADT: 100
CR 600S
FairOver: MILL CREEK
00.10 W OF CR 575 W, Fulton, IN
Built 1966 Load: 43.6 t ADT: 100
CR 350 SOUTH
FairOver: RAIN CREEK
00.10 W OF CR 650 E, Fulton, IN
Built 1987 Load: 46.6 t ADT: 100
CR 1100W
FairOver: GRASSY CREEK
00.30 S OF CR 775 S, Fulton, IN
Built 1965 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 100
CR 400 WEST
FairOver: MILL CREEK
00.30 N OF CR 700 S, Fulton, IN
Built 1970 Load: 54.0 t ADT: 100
CR 250 NORTH
FairOver: CHIPPEWANUCK CREEK
00.10 E OF CR 500 E, Fulton, IN
Built 1972 Load: 56.9 t ADT: 100
CR 500W
FairOver: MILL CREEK
00.60 S OF CR 600 S, Fulton, IN
Built 1966 Load: 57.3 t ADT: 100
CR 700N
FairOver: LITTLE YELLOW CREEK
00.30 W OF CR 775 E, Fulton, IN
Built 1965 Load: 62.5 t ADT: 100
CR 475 NORTH
FairOver: EDDY CREEK
00.20 E OF CR 600 W, Fulton, IN
Built 1975 Load: 64.3 t ADT: 150
INDIANA AVENUE
FairOver: MILL CREEK
00.20 N OF 8TH ST, Fulton, IN
Built 1960 Load: 64.3 t ADT: 925
CR 250 NORTH
FairOver: MUD CREEK
00.20 W OF CR 500 W, Fulton, IN
Built 1975 Load: 64.3 t ADT: 100
CR 300W
FairOver: MUD CREEK
00.30 N OF CR 100 S, Fulton, IN
Built 1992 Load: 90.7 t ADT: 100
CR 250W
FairOver: MILL CREEK
00.80 MI. S. CR 600 S, Fulton, IN
Built 2016 Load: 93.4 t ADT: 100
SR 14
FairOver: COLLINS DITCH
03.57 E SR 17, Fulton, IN
Built 1995 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 2,468
CR 350 WEST
FairOver: MILL CREEK
00.20 N OF CR 700S, Fulton, IN
Built 1976 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 100
OLSON RD
FairOver: MILL CREEK
00.50 MI. E. US-31, Fulton, IN
Built 2016 Load: 99.9 t ADT: 450
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