Total bridges
214
Public highway bridges in White County
County profile · official public datasets
White County, IN
214 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 36% rated Good, 60.3% Fair, 3.7% Poor.
- 214
- Public bridges
- 36%
- Good condition
- 3.7%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
White County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 36%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 3.7%
- Poor-condition share
- 214
- public highway bridges
- 1978
- 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.
White County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, White County ranks #33 of 92 Indiana counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 3.7%). White County, Indiana contains 214 public highway bridges. Roughly 36% are rated “Good,” 60.3% “Fair,” and 3.7% “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
36%
77 of 214 rated 7-9
Fair condition
60.3%
129 of 214 rated 5-6
Poor condition
3.7%
8 of 214 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#33 of 92
Among Indiana counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 214 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 36% (77)
Fair 60.3% (129)
Poor 3.7% (8)
White County's Poor-condition bridges carry 2,400 vehicle crossings a day
That is 0.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 3.7% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 300 crossings a day against 1,536 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 214 of 214 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
36.4% of White County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
78 of the 214 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 36% 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 50% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
LOWES RD over LAKE SHAFER, built 1970, carries 1,200 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 8-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 2,400 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When White County's bridges were built
214 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s 10
1930–1939
10 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 4
1950–1959
4 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
46 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
40 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
64 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
27 bridges
- 2000s 8
2000–2009
8 bridges
- 2010s 10
2010–2019
10 bridges
- 2020s 2
2020–2029
2 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 64 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 29.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1978) matches the Indiana average (1978).
How White County compares with Indiana's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Indiana counties nearest White County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 3.7% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1978 against a peer-group mean of 1974 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 91 Indiana counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decatur County | 220 | 34.5% | 58.6% | 6.8% | 1971 |
| Dubois County | 220 | 49.5% | 47.3% | 3.2% | 1982 |
| Sullivan County | 217 | 29.5% | 65.4% | 5.1% | 1966 |
| White County (this page) | 214 | 36% | 60.3% | 3.7% | 1978 |
| Clinton County | 210 | 32.4% | 62.4% | 5.2% | 1971 |
| Posey County | 208 | 47.1% | 47.1% | 5.8% | 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 White 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 White County, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IN (214 bridges here).
- Lee County, AL · 214 bridges
- White County, IL · 214 bridges
- Lee County, IA · 214 bridges
- Wayne County, MS · 214 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IN (1978 here).
- Orange County, CA · avg 1978 · 1,164 bridges
- Sumner County, KS · avg 1978 · 659 bridges
- Livingston County, IL · avg 1978 · 579 bridges
- Buncombe County, NC · avg 1978 · 555 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (129)
CR 1100W
FairOver: HOAGLAND DITCH
00.37 S CR 300 S, White, IN
Built 1972 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 200
US 421
FairOver: LITTLE MONON CREEK
00.72 S SR 16, White, IN
Built 2009 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 6,960
CR 200W
FairOver: BROWN DITCH
00.13 N CR 1000 N, White, IN
Built 1979 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 100
CR 1100W
FairOver: MASON EASTBURN DITCH
00.29 S CR 100 S, White, IN
Built 1983 Load: 39.6 t ADT: 200
CR 900E
FairOver: ACKERMAN DITCH
00.35 N CR 1000 N, White, IN
Built 1978 Load: 39.7 t ADT: 120
CR 800W
FairOver: HOAGLAND DITCH
00.17 S CR 100 S, White, IN
Built 1968 Load: 39.8 t ADT: 120
CR 1450E
FairOver: LITTLE INDIAN CREEK
00.11 S CR 900 N, White, IN
Built 1986 Load: 40.3 t ADT: 100
CR 350W
FairOver: SCIPIO DITCH
00.03 S CR 250 S, White, IN
Built 1996 Load: 40.9 t ADT: 100
I-65 NB
FairOver: MASON EASTBURN DITCH
02.73 S US 24, White, IN
Built 1968 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 41,719
I-65 SB
FairOver: MASON EASTBURN DITCH
02.73 S US 24, White, IN
Built 1968 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 41,719
CR 100S
FairOver: HOAGLAND DITCH
00.37 E CR 800 W, White, IN
Built 1980 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 100
CR 300W
FairOver: MOOTS CREEK
00.46 S CR 900 S, White, IN
Built 1984 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 120
EAST SHAFER DRIVE
FairOver: PIKE CREEK
00.05 S CR 200 N, White, IN
Built 1970 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 2,000
CR 1000E
FairOver: PIKE CREEK
00.20 S CR 250 N, White, IN
Built 1964 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 100
CR 1100E
FairOver: BURGETT DITCH
00.26 N CR 475 N, White, IN
Built 1982 Load: 42.5 t ADT: 120
CR 075W
FairOver: DORSEY DITCH
01.23 N CR 600 S, White, IN
Built 1989 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 100
SR 39
FairOver: HARP DITCH #1
01.82 N SR 16, White, IN
Built 1950 Load: 43.6 t ADT: 1,456
CR 1100W
FairOver: PINE CREEK
00.01 S CR 800 S, White, IN
Built 1982 Load: 43.8 t ADT: 100
CR 800E
FairOver: KEANS CREEK
00.05 N CR 500 N, White, IN
Built 1962 Load: 44.0 t ADT: 120
CR 1000S
FairOver: SPRING CREEK
00.90 E CR 300 E, White, IN
Built 1983 Load: 50.3 t ADT: 100
SR 43
FairOver: BIG CREEK
03.32 S US 24, White, IN
Built 2012 Load: 51.2 t ADT: 4,416
SR 39
FairOver: KEANS CREEK
04.65 N US 24 N JCT, White, IN
Built 1936 Load: 66.1 t ADT: 3,288
SR 39
FairOver: CARNAHAN DITCH NO 2
02.46 S SR 16, White, IN
Built 1938 Load: 66.4 t ADT: 2,665
SR 39
FairOver: TIMMONS DITCH
03.09 S SR 16, White, IN
Built 1936 Load: 73.2 t ADT: 3,288
CR 600N
FairOver: BURGETT DITCH
00.26 E CR 1300 E, White, IN
Built 1987 Load: 90.7 t ADT: 120
CR 900E
FairOver: TIMMONS DITCH
00.01 S CR 550 N, White, IN
Built 1981 Load: 90.7 t ADT: 230
CR 1100E
FairOver: TIMMONS DITCH
00.10 S CR 600 N, White, IN
Built 1982 Load: 90.7 t ADT: 120
US 231
FairOver: HENRY DENHARDT DITCH
00.60 N I-65, White, IN
Built 1989 Load: 91.7 t ADT: 1,550
CR 600 S
FairOver: DRAINAGE DITCH
00.47 S US 231, White, IN
Built 1967 Load: 97.2 t ADT: 120
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