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)
I-70 EB
FairOver: ACCESS ROAD
00.26 E SR 121, Wayne, IN
Built 1959 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 23,650
I-70 WB
FairOver: ACCESS ROAD
00.26 E SR 121, Wayne, IN
Built 1959 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 23,650
CENTERVILLE RD
FairOver: RICH CREEK
00.40 N of NOLANDS FORK R, Wayne, IN
Built 1986 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 1,488
FRONTAGE RD
FairOver: MARTINDALE CREEK
00.10 E of GERMANTOWN Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1982 Load: 36.9 t ADT: 784
US 35
FairOver: MORGAN CREEK
06.00 S SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 1932 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 4,266
US 35
FairOver: WHITEWATER RIVER
00.11 S SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 1978 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 4,266
PAUL RD
FairOver: SIMON CREEK
00.40 S of HUNNICUT Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1974 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 376
STUDY RD
FairOver: UNNAMED CREEK
00.10 S of AIRPORT Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1978 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 462
FRANKLIN RD
FairOver: WHITE BRANCH
00.30 N of HOOVER Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1958 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 162
WAGNER Rd
FairOver: SYMONS Creek
00.40 W of PAUL Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1994 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 220
JERRY MYERS RD
FairOver: PRONGHORN RUN
00.10 E of BRICK CHURCH R, Wayne, IN
Built 1992 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 208
US 40
FairOver: COMERS RUN CREEK
03.23 E US 27, Wayne, IN
Built 1946 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 18,467
CART RD
FairOver: VERNON BROOK
00.70 N of INKE Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1977 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 318
NW L ST
FairOver: CLEAR CREEK
00.10 E of FIRST St, Wayne, IN
Built 1956 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 4,723
WATT RD
FairOver: NOLANDS FORK
00.30 E of LAMOTT Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 2003 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 121
MOYER RD
FairOver: GREENS FORK
00.10 W of WASHINGTON Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 2005 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 46
CREEK RD
FairOver: BUTLERS CREEK
00.10 N of FARR Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1977 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 89
JACKSONBURG RD
FairOver: MARTINDALE CREEK
00.30 N of TED DAVIS Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1955 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 547
CENTERVILLE ROAD
FairOver: I-70
03.76 W US 35, Wayne, IN
Built 1959 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 4,068
I-70 WB
FairOver: CARDINAL GREENWAY
00.63 E US 35, Wayne, IN
Built 1960 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 26,441
SR 227
FairOver: I-70
02.07 N SR 121, Wayne, IN
Built 1959 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 4,508
US 40
FairOver: PLUM CREEK
01.28 E SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 1925 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 6,015
US 35 NB
FairOver: I-70 EB/WB
01.26 S SR 38, Wayne, IN
Built 1959 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 3,420
W.E. OLER RD
FairOver: WEST BROOK
00.10 E of WILLIAMSON Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1993 Load: 46.1 t ADT: 192
GRAVEL PIT Rd
FairOver: E. FORK WHITEWATER RIVER
00.20 S of SR 121, Wayne, IN
Built 1960 Load: 48.4 t ADT: 1,481
US 40
FairOver: WHITEWATER RIVER
00.58 W SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 1935 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 5,622
SR 227
FairOver: M FORK WHITEWATER RIVER
00.69 N I-70, Wayne, IN
Built 1968 Load: 49.9 t ADT: 3,548
NEW GARDEN RD
FairOver: KNOLLENBERG DITCH
00.20 W of MAG StUDY Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1967 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 228
ARBA PIKE RD
FairOver: W FORK OF E FK/WHTWTR R
00.10 N of INKE Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1952 Load: 56.8 t ADT: 1,376
US 27
FairOver: E FORK WHITEWATER RIVER
00.12 N SR 121, Wayne, IN
Built 1957 Load: 58.8 t ADT: 31,298
RAMP TO I-70 WB
FairOver: US 35 SB
01.12 S SR 38, Wayne, IN
Built 1959 Load: 62.9 t ADT: 724
DALE AVE
FairOver: CRIETZ CREEK
00.10 N of US 40, Wayne, IN
Built 1950 Load: 64.2 t ADT: 636
US 27
FairOver: LITTLE ELKHORN CREEK
04.49 S SR 227, Wayne, IN
Built 1958 Load: 81.6 t ADT: 4,950
SR 227
FairOver: M FK/E FK WHITEWATER RIV
00.16 N I-70, Wayne, IN
Built 1959 Load: 87.8 t ADT: 3,481
US 27
FairOver: SHORT CREEK
01.43 S SR 227, Wayne, IN
Built 1958 Load: 88.2 t ADT: 5,432
US 40
FairOver: WEST FORK CLEAR CREEK
02.73 W US 27, Wayne, IN
Built 1954 Load: 88.2 t ADT: 11,282
US 27
FairOver: ELKHORN CREEK
03.88 S SR 227, Wayne, IN
Built 1958 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 4,857
US 40
FairOver: SOUTH 1ST STREET
00.43 W US 27, Wayne, IN
Built 2000 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 14,452
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