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.
Good-condition bridges (117)
CR 1000N
GoodOver: MCFADDEN DITCH
00.25 W OF SR 9, Hancock, IN
Built 2011 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 1,270
SR 9
GoodOver: WILLIAMSON DITCH
01.69 S US 40, Hancock, IN
Built 2005 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 8,127
CR 300S
GoodOver: UNNAMED CREEK
00.25 E OF S 600 E, Hancock, IN
Built 2011 Load: 56.8 t ADT: 1,030
CR 500N
GoodOver: BRANDYWINE CREEK
00.15 E OF 700 E, Hancock, IN
Built 2007 Load: 56.8 t ADT: 820
CR 500S
GoodOver: MILLER THOMAS DITCH
00.07 E OF 400 E, Hancock, IN
Built 1986 Load: 57.8 t ADT: 980
CR 700W
GoodOver: JAY DITCH
00.09 S OF 400 N, Hancock, IN
Built 2010 Load: 58.1 t ADT: 4,670
CR 600W
GoodOver: DOE CREEK
00.14 S OF 200 S, Hancock, IN
Built 2014 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 7,070
CR 900N
GoodOver: PEE DEE DITCH
00.10 W OF 109, Hancock, IN
Built 2004 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 210
CR 900N
GoodOver: JACKSON DITCH
00.15 E OF 200 W, Hancock, IN
Built 2006 Load: 61.1 t ADT: 390
CR 300N
GoodOver: BUCK CREEK
00.13 W N 500 W, Hancock, IN
Built 1982 Load: 61.3 t ADT: 3,670
CREEKSIDE DRIVE
GoodOver: DOE CREEK
00.04 N OF S CARRIE DRIVE, Hancock, IN
Built 1986 Load: 62.9 t ADT: 240
SR 9
GoodOver: I-70 EB/WB
02.45 N US 40, Hancock, IN
Built 1965 Load: 66.4 t ADT: 28,558
W HAINES PASS
GoodOver: PARKER DITCH
00.13 W OF 200 W, Hancock, IN
Built 2006 Load: 67.7 t ADT: 380
CR 600N
GoodOver: BUCK CREEK
00.01 E OF N 400 W, Hancock, IN
Built 2016 Load: 69.0 t ADT: 3,170
CR 1000E
GoodOver: SUGAR CREEK
00.05 N OF N 1000 E, Hancock, IN
Built 2012 Load: 71.5 t ADT: 460
CR 800E
GoodOver: BIG BLUE RIVER
00.11 S OF E 500 S, Hancock, IN
Built 1981 Load: 73.3 t ADT: 60
CR 300S
GoodOver: BRANDYWINE CREEK
00.63 W OF S 275 E, Hancock, IN
Built 2017 Load: 75.2 t ADT: 1,140
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