Total bridges
194
Public highway bridges in Howard County
County profile · official public datasets
Howard County, IN
194 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 40.2% rated Good, 55.2% Fair, 4.6% Poor.
- 194
- Public bridges
- 40.2%
- Good condition
- 4.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Howard County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 48%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 4.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 194
- public highway bridges
- 1976
- 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.
Howard County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Howard County ranks #44 of 92 Indiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.6%). Howard County, Indiana contains 194 public highway bridges. Roughly 40.2% are rated “Good,” 55.2% “Fair,” and 4.6% “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
40.2%
78 of 194 rated 7-9
Fair condition
55.2%
107 of 194 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.6%
9 of 194 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#44 of 92
Among Indiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 194 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 40.2% (78)
Fair 55.2% (107)
Poor 4.6% (9)
Howard County's Poor-condition bridges carry 21,532 vehicle crossings a day
That is 2.7% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 2,392 crossings a day against 6,261 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 194 of 194 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
49% of Howard County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
95 of the 194 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 40.2% 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.
One structure carries 32.1% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
UNION ST over WILDCAT CREEK, built 1958, carries 6,909 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 21,532 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Howard County's bridges were built
194 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 1
Built before 1900
1 bridges
- 1910s 4
1910–1919
4 bridges
- 1920s 6
1920–1929
6 bridges
- 1930s 12
1930–1939
12 bridges
- 1940s 13
1940–1949
13 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
20 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
28 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
21 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
23 bridges
- 1990s 15
1990–1999
15 bridges
- 2000s 8
2000–2009
8 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
42 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 2010s, when 42 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 5 to 14 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1976) matches the Indiana average (1978).
How Howard County compares with Indiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Indiana counties nearest Howard County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.6% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1976 against a peer-group mean of 1977 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 91 Indiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain County | 197 | 24.9% | 67% | 8.1% | 1964 |
| Warrick County | 197 | 48.7% | 47.7% | 3.6% | 1981 |
| Adams County | 194 | 45.4% | 53.6% | 1% | 1983 |
| Howard County (this page) | 194 | 40.2% | 55.2% | 4.6% | 1976 |
| Wabash County | 192 | 28.1% | 65.6% | 6.3% | 1976 |
| Jay County | 191 | 45% | 48.7% | 6.3% | 1982 |
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 Howard 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 Howard County, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IN (194 bridges here).
- Franklin County, AL · 194 bridges
- Poinsett County, AR · 194 bridges
- Trinity County, CA · 194 bridges
- Colquitt County, GA · 194 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IN (1976 here).
- Mohave County, AZ · avg 1976 · 641 bridges
- Comanche County, OK · avg 1976 · 593 bridges
- Prince George's County, MD · avg 1976 · 576 bridges
- New Castle County, DE · avg 1976 · 527 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (78)
US 31 NB
GoodOver: WILDCAT CREEK
00.94 N SR 22, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 9,742
US 31 SB
GoodOver: WILDCAT CREEK
0.94 N SR 22, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 10,637
SR 213
GoodOver: WILDCAT CREEK
01.44 S US 35, Howard, IN
Built 2015 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 1,464
CR 200N
GoodOver: US 31 SB/NB
02.00 N US 35, Howard, IN
Built 2011 Load: 28.5 t ADT: 3,197
CR 1100 E
GoodOver: ROBERTS DITCH
0.2 MI N CR 100 S, Howard, IN
Built 1960 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 512
CR 900 E
GoodOver: DEER CREEK
0.2 MI S CR 400 N, Howard, IN
Built 1966 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 302
CR 550 N
GoodOver: SUGAR CREEK
0.2 MI S CR 1100 E, Howard, IN
Built 1989 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 30
US 31 NB
GoodOver: KOKOMO CREEK
01.71 N SR 26, Howard, IN
Built 2012 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 12,025
US 31 SB
GoodOver: KOKOMO CREEK
01.71 N SR 26, Howard, IN
Built 2012 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 11,276
CR 1100 E
GoodOver: MUD CREEK
0.6 MI S SR 26, Howard, IN
Built 2000 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 185
SR 26
GoodOver: US 31 NB/SB
01.85 E SR 931, Howard, IN
Built 2012 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 12,822
US 31 NB
GoodOver: CR 300 S & DITCH
01.19 N SR 26, Howard, IN
Built 2012 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 9,370
US 31 SB
GoodOver: CR 300 S & DITCH
01.19 N SR 26, Howard, IN
Built 2012 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 9,730
US 31 NB
GoodOver: CR 100 N
01.24 N SR 22, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 9,742
US 31 SB
GoodOver: CR 100 N
01.24 N SR 22, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 10,637
SR 931 NB RAMP
GoodOver: US 31 SB/NB
00.48 S SR 931, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 4,522
CR 125 N
GoodOver: PETES RUN
0.2 MI W CR 1150 W, Howard, IN
Built 2005 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 50
CR 200S
GoodOver: US 31 SB/NB
02.25 N SR 26, Howard, IN
Built 2009 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 3,197
CR 200 S
GoodOver: KOKOMO CREEK
0.4 MI W SR 19, Howard, IN
Built 1979 Load: 31.4 t ADT: 3,099
SR 22
GoodOver: WILDCAT CREEK
01.60 E SR 29, Howard, IN
Built 1976 Load: 32.1 t ADT: 2,178
CR 100S
GoodOver: US 31 SB/NB
1.0 S US 35, Howard, IN
Built 2010 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 12,370
US 31 NB
GoodOver: STAHL-SHENK DITCH
0.35 N US 35 / SR 22, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 9,742
W SYCAMORE DR
GoodOver: EDWARDS DITCH
0.1 MI E CR 300 W, Howard, IN
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,688
SR 213
GoodOver: MOON BARCLEY DITCH
01.80 N SR 26, Howard, IN
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,464
US 31
GoodOver: CANNON GOYER DITCH
1.32 S US 35 / SR 22, Howard, IN
Built 2010 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 22,277
SR 26
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
5.05 W SR 931, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,216
SR 26
GoodOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
4.39 W SR 931, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,216
DIXON RD
GoodOver: WILDCAT CREEK
0.4 MI N CR 50 S, Howard, IN
Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,591
CR 600 W
GoodOver: EAST FORK HONEY CREEK
0.2 MI S CR 500 S, Howard, IN
Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 88
CR 980 E
GoodOver: MUD CREEK
0.2 MI N CR 500 S, Howard, IN
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 73
CR 1070 E
GoodOver: ROBERTS DITCH
0.2 MI S CR 100 S, Howard, IN
Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 107
CR 200 E
GoodOver: MARTIN-YOUNGMAN DITCH
0.1 MI S SR 26, Howard, IN
Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,924
IZAAK WALTON RD
GoodOver: MARTIN-YOUNGMAN DITCH
0.1 MI N CR 300 S, Howard, IN
Built 2016 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,454
CARTER ST
GoodOver: WILDCAT CREEK
0.1 MI W SR 931, Howard, IN
Built 1968 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 2,673
CR 400 N
GoodOver: LITTLE PIPE CREEK
0.4 MI E CR 1200 E, Howard, IN
Built 1993 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 765
TOUBY PIKE
GoodOver: US 31
01.36 S US 35, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 2,006
CR 300 S
GoodOver: MUD CREEK
0.5 MI E CR 1100 E, Howard, IN
Built 1956 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 226
CR 200 N
GoodOver: SUGAR CREEK
0.4 MI E CR 1100 E, Howard, IN
Built 1962 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 359
US 35 NB/CR 400 N
GoodOver: US 31 SB/NB
01.40 S SR 931, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 2,824
OHIO ST
GoodOver: WILDCAT CREEK
0.0 MI INT CARTER ST, Howard, IN
Built 1950 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 9,019
CR 50N
GoodOver: US 31 SB/NB
00.67 N US 35, Howard, IN
Built 2010 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 2,343
US 31 SB
GoodOver: DRAIN & MULTI-USE PATH
00.63 S SR 931, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 17,328
PARK AVE
GoodOver: KOKOMO CREEK
0.1 MI N CR 50 S, Howard, IN
Built 2017 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 11,702
US 31 SB
GoodOver: STAHL-SHENK DITCH
00.35 N US 35, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 10,637
US 31 NB
GoodOver: DRAIN & MULTI-USE PATH
00.63 S SR 931, Howard, IN
Built 2013 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 17,328
CR 400 N
GoodOver: SOUTH FORK DEER CREEK
0.4 MI W CR 400 E, Howard, IN
Built 1996 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 2,218
CR 500S
GoodOver: US 31 NB/SB
1.47 S SR 26, Howard, IN
Built 2014 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 1,000
CR 400 E
GoodOver: WILDCAT CREEK
0.1 MI N CR 50 N, Howard, IN
Built 1980 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 664
CR 400 N
GoodOver: SUGAR CREEK
0.5 MI E CR 1100 E, Howard, IN
Built 1998 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 794
CR 500 S
GoodOver: WEST FORK LITTLE WILDCAT
0.4 MI W CR 100 W, Howard, IN
Built 1973 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 522
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