Total bridges
208
Public highway bridges in Posey County
County profile · official public datasets
Posey County, IN
208 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 47.1% rated Good, 47.1% Fair, 5.8% Poor.
- 208
- Public bridges
- 47.1%
- Good condition
- 5.8%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Posey County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 58th
- of 92 on Poor share
- 5.8%
- Poor-condition share
- 208
- public highway bridges
- 1982
- 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.
Posey County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Posey County ranks #58 of 92 Indiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.8%). Posey County, Indiana contains 208 public highway bridges. Roughly 47.1% are rated “Good,” 47.1% “Fair,” and 5.8% “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
47.1%
98 of 208 rated 7-9
Fair condition
47.1%
98 of 208 rated 5-6
Poor condition
5.8%
12 of 208 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#58 of 92
Among Indiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 208 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 47.1% (98)
Fair 47.1% (98)
Poor 5.8% (12)
Posey County's Poor-condition bridges carry 15,677 vehicle crossings a day
That is 4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.8% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,306 crossings a day against 1,900 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 208 of 208 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
36.5% of Posey County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
76 of the 208 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 47.1% 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 40.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I-64 EB over TR-422 & WABASH RV, built 1967, carries 6,300 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 12-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 15,677 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Posey County's bridges were built
208 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 2
Built before 1900
2 bridges
- 1900s 2
1900–1909
2 bridges
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 5
1930–1939
5 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 3
1950–1959
3 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
45 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
31 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
28 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
49 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 1990s, when 49 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the Indiana average (1978).
How Posey County compares with Indiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Indiana counties nearest Posey County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.8% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1973 is 9 years newer.
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 (this page) | 208 | 47.1% | 47.1% | 5.8% | 1982 |
| Henry County | 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 Posey 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 Posey County, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IN (208 bridges here).
- Muscogee County, GA · 208 bridges
- Marshall County, KY · 208 bridges
- Caldwell County, MO · 208 bridges
- Duplin County, NC · 208 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IN (1982 here).
- Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
- Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
- Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Poor-condition bridges (12)
SR 66 ILL SR 14
PoorOver: WABASH RIVER & SERVICE R
00.35 W of SR 69, Posey, IN
Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,065
WILSEY RD
PoorOver: BLACK RIVER
01.26 E S MAIN ST, Posey, IN
Built 1918 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 281
Eastville Rd
PoorOver: Black River
00.49 MI S of ANDREWS RD, Posey, IN
Built 1899 Load: 6.4 t ADT: 139
Raben Rd
PoorOver: Big Creek
00.95 MI N of RANES ROAD, Posey, IN
Built 1905 Load: 13.0 t ADT: 139
WILSEY RD
PoorOver: Branch of Black River
01.70 E MAIN ST GRIFFIN, Posey, IN
Built 1965 Load: 14.3 t ADT: 11
Mulberry St
PoorOver: CSX Railroad
00.06 MI S of E. GRANT ST, Posey, IN
Built 1960 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 628
Griffin Rd
PoorOver: Black River
01.95 MI N of LEE ROAD, Posey, IN
Built 1892 Load: 19.0 t ADT: 263
Upper Meinshein Rd
PoorOver: Branch of Little Creek
00.51 MI E of UPR MT VERN, Posey, IN
Built 1992 Load: 22.0 t ADT: 139
I-64 EB
PoorOver: TR-422 & WABASH RV
04.37 W SR 69, Posey, IN
Built 1967 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 6,300
I-64 WB
PoorOver: TR-422 & WABASH RV
04.37 W SR 69, Posey, IN
Built 1967 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 6,300
Gun Club Rd
PoorOver: McFadden Creek
00.55 MI N of SR 62, Posey, IN
Built 1976 Load: 31.5 t ADT: 149
Wilson Switch Rd
PoorOver: CANEY CREEK
0.23 Mi N of H. SCHOOL RD, Posey, IN
Built 1971 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 263
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