Total bridges
343
Public highway bridges in Wayne County
County profile · official public datasets
Wayne County, IN
343 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 41.1% rated Good, 54.8% Fair, 4.1% Poor.
- 343
- Public bridges
- 41.1%
- Good condition
- 4.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Wayne County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 41%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 4.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 343
- public highway bridges
- 1975
- 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.
Wayne County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wayne County ranks #38 of 92 Indiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.1%). Wayne County, Indiana contains 343 public highway bridges. Roughly 41.1% are rated “Good,” 54.8% “Fair,” and 4.1% “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
41.1%
141 of 343 rated 7-9
Fair condition
54.8%
188 of 343 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.1%
14 of 343 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#38 of 92
Among Indiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 343 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 41.1% (141)
Fair 54.8% (188)
Poor 4.1% (14)
Wayne County's Poor-condition bridges carry 89,064 vehicle crossings a day
That is 6.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 6,362 crossings a day against 3,201 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 343 of 343 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
56% of Wayne County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
192 of the 343 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 41.1% 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 22.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I-70 WB over WHITEWATER RIVER, built 1965, carries 19,818 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 14-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 89,064 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Wayne County's bridges were built
343 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 1
1900–1909
1 bridges
- 1910s 5
1910–1919
5 bridges
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 9
1930–1939
9 bridges
- 1940s 8
1940–1949
8 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
68 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
78 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
41 bridges
- 1980s 27
1980–1989
27 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
36 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
39 bridges
- 2010s 16
2010–2019
16 bridges
- 2020s 11
2020–2029
11 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1960s, when 78 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 22.7% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 55 to 64 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1975) matches the Indiana average (1978).
How Wayne County compares with Indiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Indiana counties nearest Wayne County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.1% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1975 against a peer-group mean of 1980 is 5 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 91 Indiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson County | 362 | 42.8% | 53% | 4.1% | 1978 |
| Hendricks County | 355 | 41.4% | 56.3% | 2.3% | 1982 |
| Wayne County (this page) | 343 | 41.1% | 54.8% | 4.1% | 1975 |
| Tippecanoe County | 330 | 55.2% | 39.7% | 5.2% | 1982 |
| Jackson County | 321 | 43.9% | 53.6% | 2.5% | 1981 |
| Madison County | 301 | 44.5% | 52.5% | 3% | 1978 |
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 Wayne 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 Wayne County, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IN (343 bridges here).
- Norfolk County, MA · 343 bridges
- Mower County, MN · 343 bridges
- Albany County, NY · 343 bridges
- Shelby County, AL · 344 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IN (1975 here).
- San Bernardino County, CA · avg 1975 · 1,422 bridges
- Lane County, OR · avg 1975 · 1,010 bridges
- Fulton County, GA · avg 1975 · 775 bridges
- Westmoreland County, PA · avg 1975 · 620 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (188)
SYMONDS CREEK RD
FairOver: SYMONDS CREEK
00.50 S of FRANK MYERS Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 165
TINGLER RD
FairOver: LONG CREEK
00.30 W of ROUND BARN Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 90
PLEASANT PLAIN RD
FairOver: NOLANDS FORK
00.10 W of PITTS Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 490
NEW GARDEN RD
FairOver: NOLANDS FORK
00.10 W of EDGERTON Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 404
WEBSTER RD
FairOver: LONG CREEK
00.10 W of KING Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 317
BRICK CHURCH RD
FairOver: PRONGHORN RUN
00.20 N of JERRY MEYERS R, Wayne, IN
Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 618
KING RD
FairOver: LONG CREEK
00.40 N of TINGLER Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 268
SMOKY ROW RD
FairOver: GREENS FORK
00.10 E of CARLOS Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 363
W E OLER RD
FairOver: MARTINDALE CREEK
00.10 E of JACKSONBURG Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 381
JONES RD
FairOver: WHITEWATER RIVER
00.10 E of LACY Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1967 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 890
CHEESMAN RD
FairOver: WHITEWATER RIVER
00.10 W of SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 115
CARLOS RD
FairOver: MORGAN CREEK
00.10 N of NEWMAN Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1965 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 396
CENTERVILLE RD
FairOver: WILLIAM CREEK
00.30 S of MORGAN CREEK R, Wayne, IN
Built 1981 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 509
MORGAN CREEK RD
FairOver: WILLIAM CREEK
00.20 W of CENTERVILLE Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 127
WATT RD
FairOver: WARM RUN
00.20 W of LAMOTT Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1913 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 32
CENTER RD
FairOver: MORGAN CREEK
00.20 S of DAVIS MEYERS R, Wayne, IN
Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 41
MINERAL SPRINGS RD
FairOver: NO NAME CREEK
00.70 of SMOKY ROW Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1952 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 139
SOUTH G ST
FairOver: E FORK WHITEWATER RIVER
00.10 W of FIFTH St, Wayne, IN
Built 1932 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,137
RICHMOND AVE
FairOver: E FK WWTR R 2 ROADS
00.10 W N THIRD ST, Wayne, IN
Built 1951 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,907
WEST MAIN ST
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
00.10 E of 13th St, Wayne, IN
Built 1930 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,045
WATERFALL RD
FairOver: W FORK WHITEWATER RIVER
00.00 W of SR 27, Wayne, IN
Built 1949 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,095
SIM HODGIN PKWY
FairOver: W FORK WHITEWATER RIVER
00.10 S of BRIDGE Ave, Wayne, IN
Built 1920 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,921
BRIDGE AVE
FairOver: E. FORK WHITEWATER RIVER
00.10 E of SIM HODGIN Pkw, Wayne, IN
Built 1964 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 4,408
BAILEY RD
FairOver: WEST BROOK
00.30 S of W.E. OLER Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 17
WASHINGTON RD
FairOver: OUR RUN
00.10 N TED DAVIS ROAD, Wayne, IN
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 98
MINERAL SPRINGS RD
FairOver: I-70 EB/WB
05.48 E SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 1962 Load: 32.9 t ADT: 314
FOUNTAIN CITY PK
FairOver: FOUNTAIN CREEK
00.10 E of BOUNDARY Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1949 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 459
COLLEGE CORNER RD
FairOver: GEPHART DITCH
00.20 W of MCMINN Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1961 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 1,132
WASHINGTON ST
FairOver: NETTLE CREEK
00.10 N of TEETOR Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1962 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 748
CENTERVILLE RD
FairOver: TOWN CREEK
00.20 N of DAVIS MEYERS R, Wayne, IN
Built 1950 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 564
US 35
FairOver: MARTINDALE CREEK
02.30 S SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 1981 Load: 33.4 t ADT: 2,790
BENTONVILLE RD
FairOver: SHAKER RUN
00.10 E of CRAWFORD Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1977 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 674
JACKSONBURG RD
FairOver: DRY BRANCH
00.70 S of SOUTH St, Wayne, IN
Built 1951 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 260
SR 38
FairOver: WHITEWATER RIVER
00.70 W SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 1957 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 4,596
ROUND BARN RD
FairOver: NOLANDS FORK
00.30 N of TINGLER Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1986 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 538
SR 227
FairOver: M FK/E FK WHITEWATER RIV
00.14 S I-70, Wayne, IN
Built 1959 Load: 34.8 t ADT: 3,490
CLYDE OLER RD
FairOver: GREENS FORK
00.10 E of LEWIS Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1966 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 153
SR 38
FairOver: LONG CREEK
01.49 W US 35, Wayne, IN
Built 1928 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 2,928
US 40
FairOver: GREENS FORK
03.83 E SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 1925 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 6,015
I-70 WB
FairOver: W FK/E FK WHITEWATER RIV
00.45 W US 27, Wayne, IN
Built 1959 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 26,441
GRAVEL PIT RD
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
00.10 N of US 40, Wayne, IN
Built 1982 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 637
RESERVOIR ROAD
FairOver: I-70
00.62 W SR 121, Wayne, IN
Built 1959 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 451
CENTERVILLE RD
FairOver: NOLANDS FORK
00.10 N of NOLANDS FORK R, Wayne, IN
Built 1986 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 1,804
ABINGTON PK
FairOver: LICK CREEK
00.60 N of BEELOR Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1959 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 272
I-70 EB
FairOver: GREENS FORK
03.81 E SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 1962 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 20,025
I-70 WB
FairOver: GREENS FORK
03.81 E SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 1962 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 20,025
PENNVILLE RD
FairOver: GREENS FORK
00.10 N of KIRLIN Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1966 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 2,044
BEESON RD
FairOver: ELKHORN CREEK
00.30 E of ESTEB Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1984 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 64
SR 38
FairOver: MARTINDALE CREEK
02.59 E SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 1957 Load: 36.5 t ADT: 2,734
US 27
FairOver: SOUTH O STREET
00.52 N SR 227, Wayne, IN
Built 1960 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 5,771
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