Total bridges
165
Public highway bridges in Lawrence County
County profile · official public datasets
Lawrence County, IN
165 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 32.1% rated Good, 58.2% Fair, 9.7% Poor.
- 165
- Public bridges
- 32.1%
- Good condition
- 9.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Lawrence County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 81st
- of 92 on Poor share
- 9.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 165
- public highway bridges
- 1981
- 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.
Lawrence County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Lawrence County ranks #81 of 92 Indiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 9.7%). Lawrence County, Indiana contains 165 public highway bridges. Roughly 32.1% are rated “Good,” 58.2% “Fair,” and 9.7% “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
32.1%
53 of 165 rated 7-9
Fair condition
58.2%
96 of 165 rated 5-6
Poor condition
9.7%
16 of 165 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#81 of 92
Among Indiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 165 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 32.1% (53)
Fair 58.2% (96)
Poor 9.7% (16)
Lawrence County's Poor-condition bridges carry 3,818 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 9.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 239 crossings a day against 1,867 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 165 of 165 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
35.2% of Lawrence County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
58 of the 165 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 32.1% 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 17.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 158 over SILVERVILLE CREEK, built 1938, carries 669 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 16-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 3,818 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Lawrence County's bridges were built
165 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 1
Built before 1900
1 bridges
- 1900s 2
1900–1909
2 bridges
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 5
1920–1929
5 bridges
- 1930s 7
1930–1939
7 bridges
- 1940s 4
1940–1949
4 bridges
- 1950s 3
1950–1959
3 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
19 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
26 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
27 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
28 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
21 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
16 bridges
- 2020s 5
2020–2029
5 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 28 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 17% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1981) matches the Indiana average (1978).
How Lawrence County compares with Indiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Indiana counties nearest Lawrence County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 9.7% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1981 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 8 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 91 Indiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton County | 172 | 41.9% | 56.4% | 1.7% | 1981 |
| Miami County | 171 | 34.5% | 57.9% | 7.6% | 1966 |
| Lawrence County (this page) | 165 | 32.1% | 58.2% | 9.7% | 1981 |
| Jennings County | 163 | 39.9% | 50.3% | 9.8% | 1973 |
| Carroll County | 161 | 37.3% | 60.2% | 2.5% | 1973 |
| Franklin County | 159 | 34% | 58.5% | 7.5% | 1972 |
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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence County, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IN (165 bridges here).
- Cleburne County, AL · 165 bridges
- Randolph County, AL · 165 bridges
- Plumas County, CA · 165 bridges
- Leon County, FL · 165 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IN (1981 here).
- Franklin County, OH · avg 1981 · 922 bridges
- Greenville County, SC · avg 1981 · 635 bridges
- Montgomery County, OH · avg 1981 · 632 bridges
- McLean County, IL · avg 1981 · 624 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (96)
SUGAR CREEK ROAD
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
00.23 W OF COUNTY LINE, Lawrence, IN
Built 1925 Load: 8.9 t ADT: 130
MEADOWS CHURCH RD
FairOver: BR OF LITTLE SALT CREEK
02.36 W OF SR 446, Lawrence, IN
Built 1940 Load: 11.0 t ADT: 208
STARR LANE
FairOver: CRAWFORD CREEK
00.53 W OF PINHOOK ROAD, Lawrence, IN
Built 1992 Load: 13.4 t ADT: 133
HUNTERS CREEK ROAD
FairOver: LITTLE SALT CREEK
00.06 E OF SR 446, Lawrence, IN
Built 2003 Load: 15.5 t ADT: 300
HAROLD TURNER ROAD
FairOver: SALT CREEK
00.01 W OF LOGAN BOT, Lawrence, IN
Built 1968 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 208
HURON PIKE
FairOver: BEAVER CREEK
00.21 S OF US 50, Lawrence, IN
Built 1925 Load: 17.9 t ADT: 137
EAST POWERLINE RD
FairOver: BACK CREEK
01.27 E OF BACK CREEK RD, Lawrence, IN
Built 1994 Load: 18.8 t ADT: 79
LITTLE SALT CR RUN
FairOver: LITTLE SALT CREEK
00.54 E OF CR 65 E, Lawrence, IN
Built 1972 Load: 20.1 t ADT: 180
PINHOOK ROAD
FairOver: CRAWFORD CREEK
00.26 S OF CR 250 S, Lawrence, IN
Built 1989 Load: 20.5 t ADT: 257
TUNNELTON BONO RD
FairOver: EAST FORK OF WHITE RIVER
00.23 S OF RIVER ROAD, Lawrence, IN
Built 1964 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 312
SR 54
FairOver: BLUE SPRING CREEK
00.55 W SR 58, Lawrence, IN
Built 1931 Load: 23.0 t ADT: 1,423
N SHAWSWICK STA RD
FairOver: LEATHERWOOD CREEK
00.13 N OF SR 58, Lawrence, IN
Built 1974 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 148
EAST BOYD LANE
FairOver: LEATHERWOOD CREEK
00.22 W OF CR 200 E, Lawrence, IN
Built 1991 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 906
EAST OOLITIC ROAD
FairOver: SALT CREEK
00.17 E OF LAFAYETTE AVE, Lawrence, IN
Built 1977 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 1,479
SPARKSVILLE ROAD
FairOver: GUTHRIE CREEK
00.31 W OF LEESVILLE ROAD, Lawrence, IN
Built 1978 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 255
HUMPBACK BRIDGE RD
FairOver: HENDERSON CREEK
00.75 N OF SR 446, Lawrence, IN
Built 1925 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 134
PEERLESS ROAD
FairOver: BRANCH OF PLEASANT RUN
00.52 N OF 1ST STREET, Lawrence, IN
Built 2005 Load: 24.9 t ADT: 1,363
SALEM ROAD
FairOver: LEATHERWOOD CREEK
00.08 S OF SR 58, Lawrence, IN
Built 1971 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 193
BARTLETTSVILLE RD
FairOver: PLEASANT RUN CREEK
01.93 N OF SR 58, Lawrence, IN
Built 1995 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 289
SANDPIT ROAD
FairOver: LEATHERWOOD CREEK
00.45 S OF US 50, Lawrence, IN
Built 1974 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 2,791
US 50 EB
FairOver: INDIANA RR SPIDER CREEK
00.81 W SR 37 & 450, Lawrence, IN
Built 1973 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 9,841
US 50 WB
FairOver: INDIANA RR SPIDER CREEK
00.81 W SR 37 & 450, Lawrence, IN
Built 1973 Load: 26.9 t ADT: 11,280
SPRINGVILLE JUDAH
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
01.61 E OF POPCORN ROAD, Lawrence, IN
Built 2005 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 114
LEATHERWOOD ROAD
FairOver: DE WITT CREEK
00.04 E OF CR 700 E, Lawrence, IN
Built 1990 Load: 27.3 t ADT: 161
HATCHERY ROAD
FairOver: GOOSE CREEK
00.00 AVOCA FISH HATCHERY, Lawrence, IN
Built 1920 Load: 27.9 t ADT: 143
US 50 EB
FairOver: EAST FORK WHITE RIVER
01.08 E SR 37, Lawrence, IN
Built 1964 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 11,325
SR 158
FairOver: SILVERVILLE CREEK
07.94 W SR 458, Lawrence, IN
Built 1938 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 669
LANDRETH HOLLOW RD
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
01.02 E OF TOLLIVER RD, Lawrence, IN
Built 1991 Load: 28.8 t ADT: 70
BONO ROAD
FairOver: SUGAR CREEK
00.98 S OF BONO ROAD, Lawrence, IN
Built 1925 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 126
JUDAH LOGAN ROAD
FairOver: SALT CREEK
00.88 E OF McFADDEN RIDGE, Lawrence, IN
Built 1966 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 254
SR 450
FairOver: SALT CREEK
02.12 W SR 158, Lawrence, IN
Built 1976 Load: 29.5 t ADT: 2,339
STUMPHOLE BR ROAD
FairOver: EAST FORK OF WHITE RIVER
02.88 N OF US 50, Lawrence, IN
Built 1988 Load: 29.7 t ADT: 349
POPCORN CHURCH RD
FairOver: BRANCH OF POPCORN CR
00.69 N OF SR 54, Lawrence, IN
Built 2014 Load: 29.9 t ADT: 278
COVEYVILLE ROAD
FairOver: WOLF CREEK
01.52 E OF VALLEY MISSION, Lawrence, IN
Built 1998 Load: 30.2 t ADT: 283
WOODY FARM ROAD
FairOver: LEATHERWOOD CREEK
00.22 E OF US 50, Lawrence, IN
Built 1988 Load: 30.5 t ADT: 255
DUNN BRIDGE ROAD
FairOver: BR OF LITTLE SALT CREEK
00.02 E OF MEADOWS CH, Lawrence, IN
Built 1940 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 115
OOLITIC ROAD
FairOver: SALT CREEK
01.37 N OF SR 58, Lawrence, IN
Built 1935 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 857
POPCORN CHURCH RD
FairOver: BRANCH OF POPCORN CR
01.43 N OF SR 54, Lawrence, IN
Built 1940 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 118
BARTLETTSVILLE RD
FairOver: KNOB CREEK
00.07 N OF ELKINS ROAD, Lawrence, IN
Built 1986 Load: 31.1 t ADT: 296
OLD US 50
FairOver: BACK CREEK
01.42 S OF US 50, Lawrence, IN
Built 1993 Load: 31.7 t ADT: 275
SR 446
FairOver: LEATHERWOOD CREEK
00.08 E SR 58, Lawrence, IN
Built 1974 Load: 31.8 t ADT: 1,180
SR 450
FairOver: ADAMSEN BRANCH
03.31 W SR 158, Lawrence, IN
Built 1985 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,339
GEORGE JOHNSON RD
FairOver: GUTHRIE CREEK
01.12 S OF LEESVILLE ROAD, Lawrence, IN
Built 1985 Load: 32.5 t ADT: 67
PARK ROAD
FairOver: SPRING MILL LAKE
00.00 SPRING MILL ST. PAR, Lawrence, IN
Built 1933 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 143
OLD BUDDHA ROAD
FairOver: DE WITT CREEK
00.31 N OF CR 250 S, Lawrence, IN
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 255
SPORTSMAN CLUB RD
FairOver: FISHING CREEK
01.45 E OF SR 60, Lawrence, IN
Built 1991 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 132
NORTH PIKE ROAD
FairOver: GOOSE CREEK
00.03 S OF SR 54, Lawrence, IN
Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 337
INDIAN CREEK ROAD
FairOver: INDIAN CREEK
01.63 N OF HIGHWATER RD, Lawrence, IN
Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 295
HURON RAILROAD ST
FairOver: BEAVER CREEK
00.23 W OF US 50, Lawrence, IN
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 209
WILLIAMSILVERVILLE
FairOver: SILVERVILLE BRANCH CREEK
00.04 S OF SR 158, Lawrence, IN
Built 1997 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 221
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