Total bridges
279
Public highway bridges in Vanderburgh County
County profile · official public datasets
Vanderburgh County, IN
279 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 47.7% rated Good, 48% Fair, 4.3% Poor.
- 279
- Public bridges
- 47.7%
- Good condition
- 4.3%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Vanderburgh County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 43%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 4.3%
- Poor-condition share
- 279
- public highway bridges
- 1980
- 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.
Vanderburgh County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Vanderburgh County ranks #40 of 92 Indiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.3%). Vanderburgh County, Indiana contains 279 public highway bridges. Roughly 47.7% are rated “Good,” 48% “Fair,” and 4.3% “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
47.7%
133 of 279 rated 7-9
Fair condition
48%
134 of 279 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.3%
12 of 279 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#40 of 92
Among Indiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 279 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 47.7% (133)
Fair 48% (134)
Poor 4.3% (12)
Vanderburgh County's Poor-condition bridges carry 99,353 vehicle crossings a day
That is 3.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.3% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 8,279 crossings a day against 12,027 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 279 of 279 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
32.3% of Vanderburgh County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
90 of the 279 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 47.7% 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 44.8% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
SR 62 over EVANSVILLE WESTERN RR, built 1956, carries 44,520 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 99,353 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Vanderburgh County's bridges were built
279 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 1
Built before 1900
1 bridges
- 1900s 3
1900–1909
3 bridges
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 8
1930–1939
8 bridges
- 1940s 16
1940–1949
16 bridges
- 1950s 6
1950–1959
6 bridges
- 1960s 29
1960–1969
29 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
40 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
91 bridges
- 1990s 34
1990–1999
34 bridges
- 2000s 23
2000–2009
23 bridges
- 2010s 16
2010–2019
16 bridges
- 2020s 6
2020–2029
6 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 91 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 32.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1980) matches the Indiana average (1978).
How Vanderburgh County compares with Indiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Indiana counties nearest Vanderburgh County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.3% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1980 against a peer-group mean of 1976 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 91 Indiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant County | 280 | 38.6% | 59.6% | 1.8% | 1975 |
| Vanderburgh County (this page) | 279 | 47.7% | 48% | 4.3% | 1980 |
| Elkhart County | 278 | 38.1% | 55.8% | 6.1% | 1975 |
| Delaware County | 277 | 31.8% | 62.8% | 5.4% | 1976 |
| Porter County | 277 | 42.6% | 52% | 5.4% | 1970 |
| Bartholomew County | 269 | 53.5% | 43.1% | 3.3% | 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 Vanderburgh 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 Vanderburgh County, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IN (279 bridges here).
- Limestone County, TX · 280 bridges
- Rusk County, TX · 280 bridges
- Edgar County, IL · 278 bridges
- Whiteside County, IL · 278 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IN (1980 here).
- Tulsa County, OK · avg 1980 · 1,135 bridges
- Miami-Dade County, FL · avg 1980 · 1,057 bridges
- Pulaski County, AR · avg 1980 · 721 bridges
- McLennan County, TX · avg 1980 · 714 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (279)
BIXLER RD
FairOver: BIG CREEK
00.10 N OF MANN RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30
BASELINE ROAD
FairOver: BARR CREEK
00.50 W of TRAPP RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1913 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 151
BOONVL NEW HARMONY
FairOver: BUENTE CREEK
00.60 E OF SR 65, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,206
TRAPP RD
FairOver: TRIBUTARY OF BARR CREEK
00.80 S OF BASELINE RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 18
BUENTE RD
FairOver: BARR CREEK
00.10 S BNVL-NEW HRM RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 299
SENSMEIER RD
FairOver: BRANCH OF BIG CREEK
00.20 E OF BENDER RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 53
MOHR RD
FairOver: BRANCH OF LOCUST CREEK
00.70 E OF ST JOSEPH AVE, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1980 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,938
MOHR RD
FairOver: LOCUST CREEK
00.10 E OF ST JOSEPH AVE, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,938
SEVEN HILLS RD
FairOver: BLUEGRASS CREEK
00.50 W OF OLD SR 57, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1908 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 856
VOLKMAN RD
FairOver: BLUEGRASS CREEK
02.00 W OLD SR 57, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,018
OWENSVILLE RD
FairOver: POND FLAT DITCH
01.10 N OF BASELINE RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 473
SCHLENSKER RD
FairOver: SCHLENSKER DITCH
00.00 INT OF MCCUTCHAN RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1920 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 758
OLD RD/FIELD ENTR
FairOver: BLUEGRASS CREEK
00.20 S OF BOON NEW HARMO, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3
HEDDEN RD
FairOver: FIRLICK CREEK
00.30 N OF MILLERSBURG RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 850
ST GEORGE RD
FairOver: LITTLE PIGEON CREEK
00.40 W OF US 41, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,584
SMITH-DIAMOND RD
FairOver: SANDERS CREEK
00.20 W OF CYPRESS DALE R, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 131
SEMINARY RD
FairOver: RAHM VICTORY DITCH
00.90 N OF KINGS RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 27
SEMINARY RD
FairOver: DUCK POND DITCH
00.00 INT OF GOLDEN RULE, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 140
KINGS RD
FairOver: LOGSDON SLOUGH
00.10 E OF SEMINARY RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1921 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 140
ST JOSEPH RD
FairOver: FORK OF LITTLE CREEK
00.10 S OF SLATE RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1940 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 863
WATERWORKS RD
FairOver: EAGLE CREEK
00.60 S OF VETERANS MEMOR, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1939 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,103
FIRST AVE
FairOver: BRANCH OF PIGEON CREEK
00.10 N OF SR 66, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 23,707
BOONVL NEW HARMONY
FairOver: BLUEGRASS CREEK
00.20 E I-164, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,532
WEINBACH AVE
FairOver: EAGLE CREEK
00.10 S I-164, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1974 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 568
BAUMGART RD
FairOver: BRANCH OF LITTLE CREEK
00.00 INT. OF HEINLEIN RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,055
BURKHARDT ROAD
FairOver: BOESCHE DITCH
INT. OF HIRSCH ROAD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,765
OLD STATE RD
FairOver: CHICAGO & EASTERN IL RR
00.50 N OF MT PLEASANT, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,646
CYPRESS DALE RD
FairOver: EDMOND DITCH
00.50 S SMITH-DIAMOND RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1920 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 98
ROLLETT LANE
FairOver: BRANCH OF BAYOU CREEK
00.00 INT OF BROADWAY AVE, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 231
HAPPE RD
FairOver: STROUD BRANCH
00.40 N OF HICKORY RIDGE, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 140
VOGEL RD
FairOver: STOCKFLEITH DITCH
00.30 W OF BURKHARDT RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,225
SR 57
FairOver: BIG BLUE GRASS CREEK
01.08 S I-164, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1941 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 6,112
NISBET RD
FairOver: BIG CREEK
00.60 E OF BIXLER RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1992 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 91
LYNCH RD
FairOver: CRAWFORD BRANDEIS DITCH
00.60 E OF GREEN RIVER, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1997 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 18,241
I-64 EBL
FairOver: ABANDONED N&S RR
00.82 E SR 65, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1966 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 11,600
I-64 WBL
FairOver: PARTLY ABANDONED N&S RR
00.82 E SR 65, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1966 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 11,600
MESKER PARK DR
FairOver: UNNAMED DITCH
00.60 N OF SR 66, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1975 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 1,209
OLD STATE RD
FairOver: BRANCH OF LOCUST CREEK
00.10 N OF WORTMAN RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1965 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 1,975
ST JOSEPH AVE
FairOver: LOCUST CREEK
00.40 S OF MILL RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1981 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 10,989
US 41 NB
FairOver: SR 66/62
01.09 S SR 62, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1972 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 25,360
US 41 SB
FairOver: SR 66/62
01.09 S SR 62, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1972 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 25,360
BARKER AVENUE
FairOver: SR 62 EB/WB
03.60 W US 41, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1956 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 6,299
WATERWORKS RD
FairOver: OHIO RIVER DRAIN
00.80 NW OF US 41, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1984 Load: 35.7 t ADT: 4,103
STRINGTOWN RD
FairOver: PIGEON CREEK
00.20 S OF PFEIFFER RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1965 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 10,948
US 41 NB RAMP
FairOver: EAGLE CREEK
00.31 S I-164, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1990 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 2,570
PFEIFFER RD
FairOver: LITTLE PIGEON CREEK
00.40 E OF STRINGTOWN RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1966 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 1,601
OLD BOONVILLE HWY
FairOver: BOESCHE DITCH
00.40 S OF OLMSTEAD RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 2003 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 474
MESKER PARK DR
FairOver: BRANCH OF LOCUST CREEK
00.30 N OF DETROY RD, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1965 Load: 37.2 t ADT: 1,353
SR 62 WB
FairOver: HEIDELBACH STREET
00.94 W US 41, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1988 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 46,155
SR 62 EB
FairOver: GARVIN STREET
00.69 W US 41, Vanderburgh, IN
Built 1988 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 46,155
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