Total bridges
201
Public highway bridges in Hancock County
County profile · official public datasets
Hancock County, IN
201 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 58.2% rated Good, 41.8% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 201
- Public bridges
- 58.2%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Hancock County pairs a top-5% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state with a newer average build year than the state inventory.
- Top 2%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 201
- public highway bridges
- 1985
- 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.
Hancock County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hancock County ranks #2 of 92 Indiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Hancock County, Indiana contains 201 public highway bridges. Roughly 58.2% are rated “Good,” 41.8% “Fair,” and 0% “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
58.2%
117 of 201 rated 7-9
Fair condition
41.8%
84 of 201 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 201 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#2 of 92
Among Indiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 201 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 58.2% (117)
Fair 41.8% (84)
Poor 0% (0)
26.4% of Hancock County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
53 of the 201 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 58.2% 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.
When Hancock County's bridges were built
201 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 2
Built before 1900
2 bridges
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 5
1950–1959
5 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
29 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
29 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
36 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
43 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
26 bridges
- 2010s 17
2010–2019
17 bridges
- 2020s 7
2020–2029
7 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 43 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year is 1985, 7 years newer than the Indiana average of 1978.
How Hancock County compares with Indiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Indiana counties nearest Hancock County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1972 is 13 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 91 Indiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Posey County | 208 | 47.1% | 47.1% | 5.8% | 1982 |
| Henry County | 206 | 30.6% | 65% | 4.4% | 1978 |
| Hancock County (this page) | 201 | 58.2% | 41.8% | 0% | 1985 |
| Parke County | 200 | 25.5% | 56.5% | 18% | 1953 |
| Fountain County | 197 | 24.9% | 67% | 8.1% | 1964 |
| Warrick County | 197 | 48.7% | 47.7% | 3.6% | 1981 |
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 Hancock 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 Hancock County, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IN (201 bridges here).
- Williamson County, IL · 201 bridges
- Pocahontas County, IA · 201 bridges
- McCracken County, KY · 201 bridges
- De Soto County, LA · 201 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IN (1985 here).
- Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
- Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
- Nueces County, TX · avg 1985 · 528 bridges
- Grayson County, TX · avg 1985 · 513 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (84)
CR 25N
FairOver: SIX MILE CREEK
00.22 E OF N GRANDISON RD, Hancock, IN
Built 1977 Load: 37.1 t ADT: 240
I-70 WB
FairOver: BRANDYWINE CREEK
00.30 E SR 9, Hancock, IN
Built 1965 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 20,250
CR 200N
FairOver: SIX MILE CREEK
00.15 E OF N 1050 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1970 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 490
CR 150N
FairOver: SIX MILE CREEK
00.28 E OF 1050 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1970 Load: 37.8 t ADT: 240
CR 650N
FairOver: SIX MILE CREEK
00.04 W OF 1200 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1992 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 240
SR 9
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
00.49 N SR 234, Hancock, IN
Built 1981 Load: 38.1 t ADT: 5,919
CR 400N
FairOver: BRANDYWINE CREEK
00.08 W OF N 300 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1975 Load: 38.3 t ADT: 1,860
CR 100W
FairOver: LITTLE SUGAR CREEK
00.21 E OF 400 W, Hancock, IN
Built 1965 Load: 38.3 t ADT: 1,350
I-70 EB
FairOver: BRANDYWINE CREEK
00.30 E SR 9, Hancock, IN
Built 1965 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 22,000
MCKENZIE RD
FairOver: BRANDYWINE CREEK
00.39 W OF APPLE ST, Hancock, IN
Built 1975 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 14,290
SR 109
FairOver: HOWERIN & MCCRAY DITCH
00.74 N SR 234, Hancock, IN
Built 1985 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 3,655
CR 450W
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
00.91 S OF 400 S, Hancock, IN
Built 1970 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 530
CR 250S
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
00.11 E OF S 600 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1978 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 1,070
CR 600S
FairOver: MILLER THOMAS DITCH
00.50 W OF 500 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1978 Load: 39.0 t ADT: 240
SR 109
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
01.74 N SR 234, Hancock, IN
Built 1994 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 3,903
US 52
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
06.12 W SR 9, Hancock, IN
Built 1926 Load: 40.6 t ADT: 6,105
US 40
FairOver: SIX MILE CREEK
04.39 W SR 109, Hancock, IN
Built 1942 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 6,463
CR 1000N
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
00.21 W OF N FORTVILLE PI, Hancock, IN
Built 1975 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 150
CR 900N
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
00.10 E OF N 1100 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1986 Load: 41.3 t ADT: 310
CR 500N
FairOver: BRANDYWINE CREEK
00.51 W OF APPLE ST, Hancock, IN
Built 1975 Load: 41.4 t ADT: 700
CR 600S
FairOver: WEST LITTLE SUGAR CREEK
00.26 W OF 600 W, Hancock, IN
Built 1989 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 2,280
CR 600E
FairOver: BRANCH OF BRANDYWINE CRK
00.09 S OF E 650 N, Hancock, IN
Built 1990 Load: 41.6 t ADT: 2,170
CR 400S
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
00.48 W OF S 700 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1980 Load: 41.9 t ADT: 420
CR 900N
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
00.47 E OF N 400 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1965 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 300
CR 100N
FairOver: LITTLE BRANDYWINE CREEK
00.38 W OF N 400 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1992 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 750
CR 100S
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
00.36 E OF S 600 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1978 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 720
CR 100S
FairOver: BRINEY DITCH
00.52 W OF 400 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1971 Load: 45.1 t ADT: 1,110
CR 200N
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
00.45 W OF N 100 W, Hancock, IN
Built 1965 Load: 46.2 t ADT: 3,260
CR 700W
FairOver: DOE CREEK
00.61 S OF W 300 S, Hancock, IN
Built 1978 Load: 47.4 t ADT: 3,080
CR 300S
FairOver: MERLAU HACK DITCH
00.07 E OF S 500 W, Hancock, IN
Built 1980 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 3,120
US 40
FairOver: BRANDYWINE CREEK
00.63 E SR 9, Hancock, IN
Built 1942 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 8,593
CR 900N
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
00.14 E OF N 1000 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1955 Load: 49.8 t ADT: 310
SR 234
FairOver: THOMAS BARRETT DRAIN
0.26 E SR 9, Hancock, IN
Built 2017 Load: 61.2 t ADT: 3,826
CR 200S
FairOver: BRANCH OF SIX MILE CREEK
00.44 E OF S 800 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1977 Load: 82.4 t ADT: 240
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