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.
Good-condition bridges (31)
SR 25
GoodOver: CHIPPEWANUCK CREEK
03.54 N SR 14, Fulton, IN
Built 1993 Load: 21.4 t ADT: 2,691
SR 17
GoodOver: TIPPECANOE RIVER
01.48 S SR 110, Fulton, IN
Built 1958 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 1,813
SR 110
GoodOver: EDDY CREEK
03.47 E SR 117, Fulton, IN
Built 2008 Load: 24.6 t ADT: 1,362
SR 25
GoodOver: MUD CREEK
03.19 N SR 114, Fulton, IN
Built 1988 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 4,640
SR 14
GoodOver: CHIPPEWANUCK CREEK
00.86 E SR 114, Fulton, IN
Built 1982 Load: 25.6 t ADT: 1,342
SR 14
GoodOver: US 31 SB/NB
01.17 W SR 25 W JCT, Fulton, IN
Built 2006 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 2,719
SR 110
GoodOver: COWAN DITCH
01.81 E SR 117, Fulton, IN
Built 1941 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 1,313
CR 100N
GoodOver: MUD CREEK
00.01 W OF CR 400 W, Fulton, IN
Built 2002 Load: 30.1 t ADT: 150
SR 19
GoodOver: CHIPPEWANUCK CREEK
00.89 N SR 14, Fulton, IN
Built 2004 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 1,706
SR 17
GoodOver: MILL CREEK
04.70 N SR 114, Fulton, IN
Built 1991 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 564
CR 350 EAST
GoodOver: TIPPECANOE RIVER
00.02 N OF SR 25, Fulton, IN
Built 1975 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 750
CR 775 E
GoodOver: BIG YELLOW CREEK
00.20 S OF CR 775 N, Fulton, IN
Built 1977 Load: 32.2 t ADT: 100
CR 750 WEST
GoodOver: TIPPECANOE RIVER
00.70 N OF CR 400 N, Fulton, IN
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 575
CR 600 WEST
GoodOver: COLLINS DITCH
00.20 S OF CR 300 N, Fulton, IN
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 200 WEST
GoodOver: TIPPECANOE RIVER
00.10 N OF OLSON ROAD, Fulton, IN
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 375
CR 375 WEST
GoodOver: TIPPECANOE RIVER
00.10 S OF CR 450 N, Fulton, IN
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 175
CR 650 SOUTH
GoodOver: NYONA LAKE
00.30 W OF CR 350 E, Fulton, IN
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 900
CR 200W
GoodOver: MUD CREEK
00.30 N OF CR 400 S, Fulton, IN
Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100
CR 400 EAST
GoodOver: GRAHAM DITCH
00.02 N OF COUNTRY CLUB, Fulton, IN
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 425
CR 250 S
GoodOver: RAIN CREEK
00.04 S OF CR 500 E, Fulton, IN
Built 2011 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150
SR 14
GoodOver: MILL CREEK
00.24 W SR 25, Fulton, IN
Built 1989 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 11,062
SR 25
GoodOver: MILL CREEK
00.09 N SR 114, Fulton, IN
Built 1990 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 6,424
DIVISION ROAD
GoodOver: CHIPPEWANUCK CREEK
00.10 E OF CR 775 E, Fulton, IN
Built 1968 Load: 35.7 t ADT: 100
SR 25
GoodOver: YELLOW CREEK
00.04 S SR 110, Fulton, IN
Built 2021 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 3,346
SR 17
GoodOver: GRASSY CREEK
01.77 S SR 114, Fulton, IN
Built 1987 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 503
CR 300 NORTH
GoodOver: CHIPPEWANUCK CREEK
00.06 E CR 450 E, Fulton, IN
Built 1950 Load: 40.4 t ADT: 100
US 31 NB
GoodOver: SR 25
01.21 S SR 14, Fulton, IN
Built 1970 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 5,486
SR 17
GoodOver: STAR ARM WILLOW CREEK
01.77 S SR 14, Fulton, IN
Built 2009 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 666
FORT WAYNE ROAD
GoodOver: CHIPPEWANUCK CREEK
00.20 W OF CR 600 E, Fulton, IN
Built 1995 Load: 48.5 t ADT: 175
CR 600 EAST
GoodOver: BRYANT-LEININGER DITCH
00.50 S CR 250 N, Fulton, IN
Built 2019 Load: 55.0 t ADT: 100
CR 200 NORTH
GoodOver: MUD CREEK
00.20 E OF CR 500 W, Fulton, IN
Built 2017 Load: 77.0 t ADT: 150
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