State profile · Below median Poor share

Indiana bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Indiana.

19,495
Public bridges
42.2%
Good condition
5.2%
Poor condition

Indiana holds 19,495 public highway bridges (#11 of 52 by inventory) with a 5.22% Poor share (#32 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 5.2% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 21 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

19,495

Public highway bridges in Indiana

Good Condition

42.2%

8,224 bridges rated 7-9

-7.8pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

5.2%

1,018 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-2.3pp vs national avg 7.5%

Indiana vs national bridge condition

Indiana - Good condition share 42.2%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

Indiana - Poor-condition share 17.4%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

Indiana in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Indiana has 19,495 bridges and a 5.2% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #21 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Indiana has 19,495 bridges and a 5.2% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #21 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

Indiana vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

19,495 11th of 54 higher than 43 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for Indiana

The highlighted point is Indiana: 19,495 bridges and 5.22% in Poor condition, rank #21 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Indiana on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Colorado: 8,965 bridges · 4.82% Poor
  • Idaho: 4,616 bridges · 4.90% Poor
  • Indiana: 19,495 bridges · 5.22% Poor
  • Kansas: 24,894 bridges · 5.26% Poor
  • Arkansas: 12,974 bridges · 5.43% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Indiana

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 19,495 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Indiana’s inventory

State agency holds 31.6% of the 19,495 public highway bridges filed under Indiana in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Indiana’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 13.0% of the 19,495 bridges with a recorded original year in Indiana. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Indiana42.2%52.6%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Indiana (FHWA NBI)

Counties (92)

Adams 194 Allen 613 Bartholomew 269 Benton 151 Blackford 73 Boone 293 Brown 114 Carroll 161 Cass 185 Clark 257 Clay 185 Clinton 210 Crawford 123 Daviess 221 DeKalb 149 Dearborn 145 Decatur 220 Delaware 277 Dubois 220 Elkhart 278 Fayette 100 Floyd 145 Fountain 197 Franklin 159 Fulton 85 Gibson 362 Grant 280 Greene 239 Hamilton 454 Hancock 201 Harrison 127 Hendricks 355 Henry 206 Howard 194 Huntington 187 Jackson 321 Jasper 189 Jay 191 Jefferson 153 Jennings 163 Johnson 230 Knox 290 Kosciusko 152 LaGrange 100 LaPorte 227 Lake 501 Lawrence 165 Madison 301 Marion 958 Marshall 183 Martin 104 Miami 171 Monroe 232 Montgomery 252 Morgan 252 Newton 172 Noble 89 Ohio 41 Orange 137 Owen 150 Parke 200 Perry 151 Pike 172 Porter 277 Posey 208 Pulaski 102 Putnam 290 Randolph 257 Ripley 191 Rush 227 Scott 118 Shelby 247 Spencer 244 St. Joseph 227 Starke 86 Steuben 135 Sullivan 217 Switzerland 62 Tippecanoe 330 Tipton 113 Union 58 Vanderburgh 279 Vermillion 127 Vigo 296 Wabash 192 Warren 135 Warrick 197 Washington 174 Wayne 343 Wells 158 White 214 Whitley 115

Indiana vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)

States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Indiana on the same metric.

CO

Colorado

4.82% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$8,965

ID

Idaho

4.90% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$4,616
Selected

IN

Indiana

5.22% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$19,495

KS

Kansas

5.26% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$24,894

AR

Arkansas

5.43% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$12,974

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Indiana

Six lowest-condition bridges in Indiana, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

SR 66 ILL SR 14

Poor

Over: WABASH RIVER & SERVICE R

00.35 W of SR 69, Posey, IN

Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,065

SERVICE ROAD

Poor

Over: MARIO CREEK

INDIANA WOMEN PRISON, Marion, IN

Built 1920 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1

PARK ROAD/TRAIL

Poor

Over: UNT MUD/RIVIR LAKES

00.00 CHAIN-O-LAKES ST PK, Noble, IN

Built 1893 Load: 0.0 t

ENTRANCE

Poor

Over: MADISON RR

00.00 MADISON ST HOSPITAL, Jefferson, IN

Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 133

BOND CEMETERY ROAD

Poor

Over: NORTH FORK OF SALT CREEK

.2MI S OF GREEN VALLEY RD, Brown, IN

Built 1908 Load: 0.0 t

CR 200S

Poor

Over: BIRCH CREEK

00.70 E of 250 W, Clay, IN

Built 1910 Load: 0.0 t

All Bridges in Indiana

CR 650N

Fair

Over: LITTLE OTTER CREEK

00.19 W OLD MICHIGAN RD, Ripley, IN

Built 2015 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150

CR 300W

Fair

Over: LITTLE BLUE RIVER

00.10 W OF CR 290 W, Rush, IN

Built 1935 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200

5 POINTS ROAD

Fair

Over: THREE MILE CREEK

00.50 S OF CR 1100 N, Rush, IN

Built 1920 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200

CR 900N

Fair

Over: BRANCH LITTLE BLUE RIVER

00.40 W OF SR 3, Rush, IN

Built 1955 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,000

CR 650N

Fair

Over: FLATROCK RIVER

00.20 E OF CR 400 E, Rush, IN

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 400 W

Fair

Over: HENDERSON DITCH

00.20 N OF CR 400 N, Rush, IN

Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250

CR 900S

Fair

Over: DEER CREEK

00.10 W OF CR 850 W, Rush, IN

Built 1930 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 1050S

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF FLATROCK RIVER

00.10 W OF CR 500W, Rush, IN

Built 1940 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

ANGELA Blvd

Fair

Over: ST JOSEPH River

00.30 E OF PORTAGE ROAD, St. Joseph, IN

Built 1940 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,603

CEDAR St

Fair

Over: ST. JOSEPH River

00.10 N of SR 933, St. Joseph, IN

Built 1990 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 6,046

IRONWOOD DRIVE

Fair

Over: ST JOSEPH RIVER

00.20 N SR 933, St. Joseph, IN

Built 1929 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,593

JEFFERSON Blvd

Fair

Over: ST JOSEPH RIVER

00.20 E of SR 933, St. Joseph, IN

Built 1906 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 10,736

LASALLE STREET

Fair

Over: ST JOSEPH RIVER

00.10 E SR 933, St. Joseph, IN

Built 1907 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 15,416

LOGAN St

Fair

Over: ST JOSEPH RIVER

00.10 N of SR 933, St. Joseph, IN

Built 1925 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,876

QUINN Rd

Fair

Over: Branch of POTATO Creek

00.20 E of TAMARACK Rd, St. Joseph, IN

Built 1940 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 249

TWYCKENHAM DR

Fair

Over: ST JOSEPH RV/NSIDE BLVD

00.10 N SR 933, St. Joseph, IN

Built 1929 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 7,350

TYLER Rd

Fair

Over: HEINKE Ditch

00.10 W of DOGWOOD Rd, St. Joseph, IN

Built 1940 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 89

CRUMSTOWN Hwy

Fair

Over: West PLACE Ditch

01.20 N of SR 23, St. Joseph, IN

Built 1984 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,633

ASH Rd

Fair

Over: ST JOSEPH River

00.60 S of McKINLEY Hwy, St. Joseph, IN

Built 1929 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 13,781

SOUTH MAIN STREET

Fair

Over: BOWMAN CREEK

00.20 S OF EWING AVENUE, St. Joseph, IN

Built 1920 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 11,873

GETTY ROAD

Fair

Over: HOG CREEK

00.62 S OF SR 56, Scott, IN

Built 1993 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 210

CR 500 WEST

Fair

Over: LITTLE SUGAR CREEK

00.80 N OF CR 1100 N, Shelby, IN

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150

CR 700 NORTH

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

00.10 W OF CR 800 W, Shelby, IN

Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 225

CR 600 NORTH

Fair

Over: BIG BLUE RIVER

00.90 E OF SR 9, Shelby, IN

Built 1992 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 200

CR 500E

Fair

Over: LITTLE BLUE RIVER

00.40 N OF CR 350 N, Shelby, IN

Built 1973 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 325

UNION RD

Fair

Over: LITTLE BLUE RIVER

00.50 W OF CR 550 E, Shelby, IN

Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150

CR 400N

Fair

Over: BRANDYWINE CREEK

00.01 MI. W. OF CR 300 W, Shelby, IN

Built 1955 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 2,300

LONDON RD

Fair

Over: SNAIL CREEK

00.30 N OF CR 300 N, Shelby, IN

Built 1961 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 600

CR 350W

Fair

Over: BRANDYWINE CREEK

00.60 N OF CR 200 N, Shelby, IN

Built 1977 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150

BLUE RIDGE ROAD

Fair

Over: CONNS CREEK

00.60 W OF CR 800 E, Shelby, IN

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 600

CR 75N

Fair

Over: LITTLE BLUE RIVER

00.25 E I-74, Shelby, IN

Built 1975 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 250

CR 725 EAST

Fair

Over: LITTLE CONNS CREEK

00.35 S OF CR 300 S, Shelby, IN

Built 1970 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 500S

Fair

Over: MIDDLE FORK LEWIS CREEK

00.15 W OF CR 250 E, Shelby, IN

Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 800

CR 500S

Fair

Over: CONNS CREEK

00.30 W OF CR 600 E, Shelby, IN

Built 1963 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,375

CR 250W

Fair

Over: LEWIS CREEK

00.30 N OF CR 900 S, Shelby, IN

Built 1976 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 850S

Fair

Over: LEWIS CREEK

00.50 W OF CR 150 W, Shelby, IN

Built 1968 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500

CR 900S

Fair

Over: BRANCH OF BIG BLUE RIVER

01.40 W CR 600W, Shelby, IN

Built 1978 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 300

CR 600E

Fair

Over: FLATROCK RIVER

00.75 N OF CR 850 S, Shelby, IN

Built 1966 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 500

S COUNTY LINE RD

Fair

Over: LITTLE TOUGH CREEK

00.15 E OF SR 9, Shelby, IN

Built 1983 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 1200S

Fair

Over: HAW CREEK

00.05 W OF CR 200 E, Shelby, IN

Built 1979 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

FRONTAGE ROAD

Fair

Over: DRY FORK CREEK

00.25 E OF CR600 W, Shelby, IN

Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150

SYCAMORE ROAD

Fair

Over: WEST LITTLE SUGAR CREEK

00.30 W OF CR 750 W, Shelby, IN

Built 1960 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150

MORRIS AVE

Fair

Over: LITTLE BLUE RIVER

00.60 N OF SR 44, Shelby, IN

Built 1950 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 1,150

CR 1100 NORTH

Fair

Over: SWEET CREEK

00.65 W OF CR 700 W, Shelby, IN

Built 1982 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 125

CR 350S

Fair

Over: NORTH FORK LEWIS CREEK

00.15 W OF CR 150 E, Shelby, IN

Built 1987 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 150

CR 500S

Fair

Over: CANEY CREEK

01.60 E SR 161, Spencer, IN

Built 1925 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 30

CR 420W

Fair

Over: CREEK TO OHIO RIVER

00.01 N of CR 560 S, Spencer, IN

Built 1915 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 60

CR 400W

Fair

Over: WILLOW POND DITCH

00.58 S of SR 66, Spencer, IN

Built 1910 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 750W

Fair

Over: BAKER CREEK

00.66 N of CR 200 N, Spencer, IN

Built 1985 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 100

CR 50S

Fair

Over: WILLOW POND DITCH

00.28 W of CR 850 W, Spencer, IN

Built 1998 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 130

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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Every figure on PlainBridges is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Indiana Good/Fair/Poor shares and county rollups on this page are computed from the same NBI extract as the national boards; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2024 NBI release. NBI condition categories reflect the latest reported inventory record, not a live safety, closure, or travel decision.