Total bridges
187
Public highway bridges in Huntington County
County profile · official public datasets
Huntington County, IN
187 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 36.9% rated Good, 59.4% Fair, 3.7% Poor.
- 187
- Public bridges
- 36.9%
- Good condition
- 3.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Huntington County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 37%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 3.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 187
- 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.
Huntington County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Huntington County ranks #34 of 92 Indiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.7%). Huntington County, Indiana contains 187 public highway bridges. Roughly 36.9% are rated “Good,” 59.4% “Fair,” and 3.7% “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
36.9%
69 of 187 rated 7-9
Fair condition
59.4%
111 of 187 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.7%
7 of 187 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#34 of 92
Among Indiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 187 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 36.9% (69)
Fair 59.4% (111)
Poor 3.7% (7)
Huntington County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,092 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 870 crossings a day against 3,108 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 187 of 187 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
46% of Huntington County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
86 of the 187 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 36.9% 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 70.4% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
LAFONTAINE STREET over LITTLE WABASH RIVER, built 1950, carries 4,288 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 7-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 6,092 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Huntington County's bridges were built
187 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s 5
1930–1939
5 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 5
1950–1959
5 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
60 bridges
- 1970s 18
1970–1979
18 bridges
- 1980s 18
1980–1989
18 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
44 bridges
- 2000s 17
2000–2009
17 bridges
- 2010s 9
2010–2019
9 bridges
- 2020s 3
2020–2029
3 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 60 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32.1% 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 Huntington County compares with Indiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Indiana counties nearest Huntington County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.7% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay County | 191 | 45% | 48.7% | 6.3% | 1982 |
| Ripley County | 191 | 36.1% | 60.7% | 3.1% | 1972 |
| Jasper County | 189 | 34.9% | 64.6% | 0.5% | 1982 |
| Huntington County (this page) | 187 | 36.9% | 59.4% | 3.7% | 1978 |
| Cass County | 185 | 48.6% | 49.7% | 1.6% | 1988 |
| Clay County | 185 | 33% | 56.2% | 10.8% | 1974 |
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 Huntington 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 Huntington County, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IN (187 bridges here).
- Lonoke County, AR · 187 bridges
- Grundy County, MO · 187 bridges
- Henry County, TN · 187 bridges
- Chesapeake city County, VA · 187 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.
Good-condition bridges (69)
SR 5
GoodOver: WABASH RIVER/HUNT RES
01.37 S US 224, Huntington, IN
Built 1965 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 3,905
ETNA ROAD
GoodOver: WABASH RIVER
0.05 MI E OF CR 200 N, Huntington, IN
Built 1975 Load: 23.7 t ADT: 4,878
CR 200 SOUTH
GoodOver: ROCK CREEK
0.1 MI W OF CLARK RD, Huntington, IN
Built 1979 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 268
SR 124
GoodOver: BROOK CREEK
01.65 W SR 5, Huntington, IN
Built 1985 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,486
SR 3
GoodOver: WABASH RIVER (new chan.)
00.39 S of SR 116, Huntington, IN
Built 1963 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 3,930
CR 500 SOUTH
GoodOver: RUSH CREEK
0.6 MI W OF CR 900 W, Huntington, IN
Built 1985 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 105
SR 218
GoodOver: MORRISON DITCH
00.92 W SR 3, Huntington, IN
Built 1992 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 1,630
SR 9
GoodOver: WABASH RIVER
00.13 S US 24, Huntington, IN
Built 1965 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 9,290
SR 3
GoodOver: WABASH RIVER (old chan.)
00.07 S SR 116, Huntington, IN
Built 1955 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 4,122
CR 900 NORTH
GoodOver: LITTLE WABASH RIVER
0.3 MI E OF US 24, Huntington, IN
Built 1986 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 3,404
CR 200 SOUTH
GoodOver: ELKENBERRY DITCH
1.1 MI W OF CLARK RD, Huntington, IN
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 107
CR 200 WEST
GoodOver: LOON CREEK
0.01 MI W OF DIVISION RD, Huntington, IN
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 157
CR 200 WEST
GoodOver: WABASH RIVER
0.5 MI S OF WATERWORKS RD, Huntington, IN
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 348
SEMINARY STREET
GoodOver: MCPHERRENS DITCH
0.5 MI N OF VINE ST, Huntington, IN
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 315
RIVER ROAD
GoodOver: BRANCH WABASH RIVER
0.9 MI W OF RANGELINE RD, Huntington, IN
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 420
CR 500 SOUTH
GoodOver: LOGAN CREEK
0.4 MI W OF CR 900 W, Huntington, IN
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 105
CR 1000 SOUTH
GoodOver: POND CREEK
0.03 MI W OF CR 500 W, Huntington, IN
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 105
CR 400 SOUTH
GoodOver: ELKENBERRY DITCH
0.1 MI W OF CR 300 E, Huntington, IN
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 214
CR 800 NORTH
GoodOver: BRANCH CLEAR CREEK
0.1 MI E OF CLEAR CREEK R, Huntington, IN
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 262
CR 100 EAST
GoodOver: NORTH BECK DITCH
0.6 MI S OF CR 900 N, Huntington, IN
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 210
CR 100 WEST
GoodOver: DETAMORE DITCH
0.5 MI N OF CR 1000 S, Huntington, IN
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 105
CR 100 WEST
GoodOver: BRANCH BROOK CREEK
0.01 MI S OF CR 550 S, Huntington, IN
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 107
CR 500 WEST
GoodOver: POND CREEK
0.6 MI N OF CR 700 S, Huntington, IN
Built 2018 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 103
CR 700 WEST
GoodOver: RICHLAND CREEK
0.6 MI N OF CR 1000 S, Huntington, IN
Built 1992 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 105
SR 105
GoodOver: WABASH RIVER
00.30 S US 24, Huntington, IN
Built 2014 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 1,708
CR 750 WEST
GoodOver: SILVER CREEK
0.01 MI E OF CR 750 W, Huntington, IN
Built 2004 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 294
CR 300 WEST
GoodOver: LOON CREEK
0.4 MI N OF DIVISION RD, Huntington, IN
Built 2001 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 1,182
CR 900 NORTH
GoodOver: PONY CREEK
0.2 MI W OF CR 900 W, Huntington, IN
Built 1998 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 107
SEMINARY STREET
GoodOver: COW CREEK
0.02 MI N OF VINE ST, Huntington, IN
Built 2005 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 315
SR 5
GoodOver: WILLIAM-BROWN/DEEMER DIT
01.38 S SR 114, Huntington, IN
Built 2005 Load: 35.4 t ADT: 1,977
CR 600 WEST
GoodOver: LITTLE MAJENICA CREEK
0.01 MI N OF CR 300 S, Huntington, IN
Built 1996 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 241
I-69 NB
GoodOver: WABASH RIVER ROAD
00.83 S US 224, Huntington, IN
Built 1964 Load: 35.8 t ADT: 14,360
CR 500 WEST
GoodOver: POND CREEK
0.2 MI S OF CR 800 S, Huntington, IN
Built 1995 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 107
SR 5
GoodOver: CLEAR CREEK
00.30 N SR 16, Huntington, IN
Built 2023 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 3,092
US 24 EB
GoodOver: CLEAR CREEK
01.23 W SR 9, Huntington, IN
Built 2000 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 7,856
US 24 WB
GoodOver: CLEAR CREEK
01.23 W SR 9, Huntington, IN
Built 2000 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 7,849
CR 400 EAST
GoodOver: CALF CREEK
0.5 MI N OF CR 1100 N, Huntington, IN
Built 1997 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 214
I-69 NB
GoodOver: FLAT CREEK
05.43 N US 224, Huntington, IN
Built 1963 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 15,325
I-69 SB
GoodOver: FLAT CREEK
05.43 N US 224, Huntington, IN
Built 1963 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 15,423
SR 5
GoodOver: I-69 NB/SB
01.15 S SR 218, Huntington, IN
Built 1963 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 993
SR 16
GoodOver: Neiman Creek
01.00 E SR 105, Huntington, IN
Built 2011 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 866
CR 600 EAST
GoodOver: FLAT CREEK
0.2 MI S OF CR 500 N, Huntington, IN
Built 2002 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 107
CR 200 SOUTH
GoodOver: LITTLE MAJENICA CREEK
0.3 MI W OF SR 9, Huntington, IN
Built 1992 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 420
CR 700 SOUTH
GoodOver: POND CREEK
0.3 MI E OF CR 500 W, Huntington, IN
Built 2023 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 157
CR 900 SOUTH
GoodOver: SALAMONIE RIVER
0.01 MI W OF S BELLVILLE, Huntington, IN
Built 1900 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 1,103
CR 500 WEST
GoodOver: LOON CREEK
0.3 MI S OF CR 100 N, Huntington, IN
Built 1993 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 105
CR 300 EAST
GoodOver: COW CREEK
0.2 MI E OF CR 900 N, Huntington, IN
Built 2016 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 157
CR 900 NORTH
GoodOver: NORFOLK SOUTHERN RR
0.77 MI E OF US 24, Huntington, IN
Built 2017 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 9,590
SR 124
GoodOver: BROOK CREEK
02.72 W SR 5, Huntington, IN
Built 1965 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 1,486
CR 200 WEST
GoodOver: SALAMONIE RIVER
0.4 MI N OF CR 800 S, Huntington, IN
Built 1979 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 210
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