Total bridges
206
Public highway bridges in Henry County
County profile · official public datasets
Henry County, IN
206 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 30.6% rated Good, 65% Fair, 4.4% Poor.
- 206
- Public bridges
- 30.6%
- Good condition
- 4.4%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Henry County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 45%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 4.4%
- Poor-condition share
- 206
- public highway bridges
- 1978
- 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.
Henry County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Henry County ranks #41 of 92 Indiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.4%). Henry County, Indiana contains 206 public highway bridges. Roughly 30.6% are rated “Good,” 65% “Fair,” and 4.4% “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
30.6%
63 of 206 rated 7-9
Fair condition
65%
134 of 206 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.4%
9 of 206 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#41 of 92
Among Indiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 206 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 30.6% (63)
Fair 65% (134)
Poor 4.4% (9)
Henry County's Poor-condition bridges carry 7,106 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.2% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 790 crossings a day against 2,316 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 206 of 206 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
44.2% of Henry County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
91 of the 206 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 30.6% 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 37.7% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
US 40 over FLATROCK RIVER, built 1944, carries 2,682 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 9-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 7,106 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Henry County's bridges were built
206 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s 6
1930–1939
6 bridges
- 1940s 7
1940–1949
7 bridges
- 1950s 15
1950–1959
15 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
44 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
23 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
29 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
36 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
23 bridges
- 2010s 12
2010–2019
12 bridges
- 2020s 5
2020–2029
5 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 44 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 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Indiana average (1978).
How Henry County compares with Indiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Indiana counties nearest Henry County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.4% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 91 Indiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White County | 214 | 36% | 60.3% | 3.7% | 1978 |
| Clinton County | 210 | 32.4% | 62.4% | 5.2% | 1971 |
| Posey County | 208 | 47.1% | 47.1% | 5.8% | 1982 |
| Henry County (this page) | 206 | 30.6% | 65% | 4.4% | 1978 |
| Hancock County | 201 | 58.2% | 41.8% | 0% | 1985 |
| Parke County | 200 | 25.5% | 56.5% | 18% | 1953 |
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 Henry 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 Henry County, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IN (206 bridges here).
- Dale County, AL · 206 bridges
- Audubon County, IA · 206 bridges
- Bourbon County, KS · 206 bridges
- Pemiscot County, MO · 206 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IN (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
- Buncombe County, NC · avg 1978 · 555 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (134)
US 35
FairOver: STONEY CREEK
04.08 N US 36, Henry, IN
Built 1987 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 5,332
CR 900N
FairOver: HONEY CREEK
00.10 E OF CR 600 W, Henry, IN
Built 1974 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 125
CR 400S
FairOver: FLATROCK RIVER
00.25 E OF SR 103, Henry, IN
Built 1970 Load: 36.5 t ADT: 527
US 36
FairOver: LITTLE CREEK
03.26 E SR 109, Henry, IN
Built 1985 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 4,534
CR 125W
FairOver: DUCK CREEK
00.20 N OF CR 200 N, Henry, IN
Built 1990 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 131
CR 875E
FairOver: LICK BRANCH
00.15 S OF CR 600 S, Henry, IN
Built 1965 Load: 36.7 t ADT: 125
US 40
FairOver: DUCK CREEK
01.93 W SR 109, Henry, IN
Built 1942 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 5,293
SR 3 NB
FairOver: ABANDONED RR
02.19 S US 36, Henry, IN
Built 1961 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 7,095
SR 3 SB
FairOver: ABANDONED RR
02.19 S US 36, Henry, IN
Built 1961 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 7,306
RAIDER ROAD
FairOver: DEER CREEK
01.00 N OF US 36, Henry, IN
Built 1930 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 2,600
CR 375W
FairOver: BIG BLUE RIVER
00.01 N OF CR 500 S, Henry, IN
Built 1970 Load: 37.5 t ADT: 150
CR 350S
FairOver: MONTGOMERY CREEK
00.15 W OF KENNARD ROAD, Henry, IN
Built 1988 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 125
S COUNTY LINE RD
FairOver: BIG BLUE RIVER
00.10 W OF MILL ROAD, Henry, IN
Built 1972 Load: 38.4 t ADT: 575
S COUNTY LINE RD
FairOver: MONTGOMERY CREEK
00.05 W OF MADISON STREET, Henry, IN
Built 1960 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 150
SR 109
FairOver: I-70
03.58 N US 40, Henry, IN
Built 1965 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 8,924
CR 300N
FairOver: FLATROCK RIVER
00.25 E OF WILBUR WRIGHT, Henry, IN
Built 1957 Load: 40.3 t ADT: 417
SR 3
FairOver: BIG BLUE RIVER
00.49 N SR 38, Henry, IN
Built 1994 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 9,995
CR 350E
FairOver: MERCER DITCH
00.50 S OF CR 300 S, Henry, IN
Built 1980 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 10
SR 38
FairOver: SYMONDS CREEK
07.65 E SR 103, Henry, IN
Built 1964 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,700
GREENSBORO PIKE
FairOver: DUCK CREEK
00.25 N OF CR 450 S, Henry, IN
Built 1950 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 739
US 40
FairOver: BUCK CREEK
01.51 W SR 3, Henry, IN
Built 1938 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 5,382
US 40
FairOver: SIMMONS CREEK
3.87 W SR 1, Henry, IN
Built 1921 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 2,556
CR 75N
FairOver: BIG BLUE RIVER
00.20 E OF SR 3, Henry, IN
Built 1975 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 443
CR 750 SOUTH
FairOver: MONTGOMERY CREEK
00.35 W OF GRANT CITY ROA, Henry, IN
Built 1976 Load: 42.2 t ADT: 300
GRANT CITY ROAD
FairOver: MONTGOMERY CREEK
00.10 S OF CR 450 S, Henry, IN
Built 1965 Load: 44.2 t ADT: 450
CR 100S
FairOver: WESTWOOD RUN
00.50 E OF CR 275 W, Henry, IN
Built 1992 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 1,475
CR 600W
FairOver: BUCK CREEK
00.10 N OF US 40, Henry, IN
Built 1925 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 250
CR 100S
FairOver: MONTGOMERY CREEK
00.10 E OF CR 600 W, Henry, IN
Built 1975 Load: 46.3 t ADT: 100
SR 3 NB
FairOver: LITTLE BUCK CREEK
04.98 N US 36, Henry, IN
Built 1960 Load: 47.6 t ADT: 4,351
US 36
FairOver: SR 3
02.02 W SR 103, Henry, IN
Built 1960 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 5,315
CR 200S
FairOver: FLATROCK RIVER
00.10 E OF CR 375 E, Henry, IN
Built 1990 Load: 54.0 t ADT: 890
MILL ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF BIG BLUE RIVER
00.01 N OF CR 750 S, Henry, IN
Built 1970 Load: 63.5 t ADT: 175
CR 200 WEST
FairOver: PECKINPAUGH DITCH
00.20 S OF CR 950 N, Henry, IN
Built 1988 Load: 67.7 t ADT: 262
SULPHUR SPRINGS RD
FairOver: DUCK CREEK
00.10 N OF CR 100 N, Henry, IN
Built 1980 Load: 72.8 t ADT: 1,310
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