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.
Good-condition bridges (141)
FOX RD
GoodOver: MARTINDALE CREEK
00.10 E of JACKSONBURG Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 118
W.E. OLER RD
GoodOver: MORGAN CREEK
00.30 E of DINGLE Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 343
CLYDE OLER RD
GoodOver: MORGAN CREEK
00.10 E of SUGAR GROVE Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 78
DINGLE RD
GoodOver: MORGAN CREEK
00.40 N of CLYDE OLER Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 24
SWOVELAND RD
GoodOver: MARTINDALE CREEK
00.70 E of JACKSONBURG Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 93
TEETOR RD
GoodOver: BRANCH OF WHITEWATER R
00.20 W of TREATY LINE Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1954 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,499
W E OLER RD
GoodOver: WHITEWATER RIVER
00.20 E of LACY Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1994 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 287
CRULL RD
GoodOver: WHITEWATER RIVER
00.40 W of SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 186
HOOVER RD
GoodOver: WHITEWATER RIVER
00.20 E of LACY Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1995 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 94
THORNBURG RD
GoodOver: WHITEWATER RIVER
00.50 N of SR 35, Wayne, IN
Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 82
MENDENHALL RD
GoodOver: MARTINDALE CREEK
00.20 E of JACKSONBURG Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 73
BROOKS RD
GoodOver: MORGAN CREEK
00.30 W of CARLOS Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 59
DAVIS-MEYERS RD
GoodOver: WILLIAM SISTER CREEK
00.40 E of CENTERVILLE Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1969 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 195
SCOTT RD
GoodOver: NOLANDS FORK
00.40 W of BOUNDARY Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 2005 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 72
CENTER RD
GoodOver: GREENS FORK
00.40 N of DAVIS MEYERS R, Wayne, IN
Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 160
WALNUT St
GoodOver: CRIETZ Creek
00.10 N of US 40, Wayne, IN
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 498
SPRUCE St
GoodOver: CROWN Creek
00.10 N of PLUM St, Wayne, IN
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 151
FIRST STREET
GoodOver: CROWN CREEK
0.1 MI. S. OF WATER ST., Wayne, IN
Built 2002 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 658
FIVE POINT Rd
GoodOver: BEAR Creek
00.20 W of BRICK CHURCH R, Wayne, IN
Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 154
INDUSTRIES RD
GoodOver: W Fork of E FK/WHTWTR R
00.50 E of UNION Pk, Wayne, IN
Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 9,258
INDUSTRIES Rd
GoodOver: CLEAR Creek
00.10 W of UNION Pk, Wayne, IN
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,921
INDUSTRIES Rd
GoodOver: LICK Creek
00.20 E of ROUND BARN Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 2000 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,297
INDUSTRIES Rd
GoodOver: Unnamed Ditch
00.30 W of UNION Pk, Wayne, IN
Built 1999 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,286
GATEWAY RD
GoodOver: BEARD RUN
00.10 W of SR 1, Wayne, IN
Built 2001 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 965
HOLLANSBURG RD
GoodOver: REID INTERSTATE DITCH
00.30 N of HOLLANSBURG Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 2003 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 729
MAIN STREET
GoodOver: E FK WWR SIM HODGIN PED
00.10 E of FIRST St, Wayne, IN
Built 2004 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,526
SWOVELAND RD
GoodOver: MARTINDALE CR OVERFLOW
00.40 E of JACKSONBURG Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 2006 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 104
LIBERTY AVE
GoodOver: UNNAMED CREEK
00.70 N of SR 27, Wayne, IN
Built 2009 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 588
INDIANA AVE
GoodOver: CLEAR CREEK
00.1 E OF NW 13TH ST, Wayne, IN
Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 595
N 4TH ST
GoodOver: CROWN CREEK
00.1 N OF PLUM ST, Wayne, IN
Built 2012 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 217
MINERAL SPRINGS RD
GoodOver: GREENS FORK
00.50 N SR 38, Wayne, IN
Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 117
CENTER ROAD
GoodOver: FRUIT BRANCH
00.00 N MORGAN CREEK RD, Wayne, IN
Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 95
JUNCTION ST
GoodOver: WHITEWATER RIVER
00.20 E WASHINGTON ST, Wayne, IN
Built 2019 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,087
SR 227
GoodOver: SHORT CREEK
01.03 S US 27, Wayne, IN
Built 2000 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 2,826
FOX RD
GoodOver: MORGAN CREEK
00.30 W of SUGAR GROVE Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1996 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 112
HOOVER RD
GoodOver: NETTLE CREEK
00.10 W of DALTON Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1997 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 109
BETHEL RD
GoodOver: GRAY BROOK
00.40 N of BETHEL Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1977 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 111
GERMANTOWN RD
GoodOver: DRY BRANCH CREEK
00.40 N of BERSTCH Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1971 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 626
WEAVER RD
GoodOver: NETTLE CREEK
00.20 W of DALTON Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1979 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 69
HINSHAW RD
GoodOver: FOUNTAIN CREEK
00.30 E of BOUNDARY Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1979 Load: 33.7 t ADT: 20
SOUTH ST
GoodOver: WHITEWATER RIVER
00.10 E of WASHINGTON ST., Wayne, IN
Built 2022 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 682
US 27
GoodOver: BUCK RUN CREEK
05.35 N I-70, Wayne, IN
Built 1957 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 6,556
LEAVELL RD
GoodOver: NETTLE CREEK
00.20 E of FRANKLIN Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1989 Load: 34.3 t ADT: 164
ABINGTON TWP LN RD
GoodOver: BUTLERS CREEK
0.5 MI S OF POTTERSHOP RD, Wayne, IN
Built 1992 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 254
JONES St
GoodOver: CRIETZ Creek
00.10 N of US 40, Wayne, IN
Built 1978 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 491
KEPLER RD
GoodOver: DRY Branch CREEK
00.30 E of JACKSONBURG Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1971 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 438
GOOSE HEAVEN RD
GoodOver: SYMONDS CREEK
00.40 E of SYMONDS CREEK, Wayne, IN
Built 1997 Load: 35.3 t ADT: 259
GERMANTOWN RD
GoodOver: FRANKLIN CREEK
00.40 W of PENNVILLE Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1971 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 64
BEARD RD
GoodOver: MARTINDALE CREEK
00.30 W of ECONOMY Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 2022 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 104
POTTERSHOP RD
GoodOver: E FORK WHITEWATER RIVER
00.10 W of RIVER Rd, Wayne, IN
Built 1991 Load: 36.6 t ADT: 1,889
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