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

PIEPER ROAD

Poor

Over: PURDY MARSH

00.21 S OF STATE ROAD 67, Knox, IN

Built 1905 Load: 0.0 t

HAZELTON ROAD

Poor

Over: WHITE RIVER/LOCAL ROAD

00.22 N OF SR 56 / SOUTH, Knox, IN

Built 1945 Load: 0.0 t

CR 200 SOUTH

Poor

Over: LITTLE ELKHART RIVER

00.10 E OF CR 900W, LaGrange, IN

Built 1984 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1,525

STATE LINE ROAD

Poor

Over: KANKAKEE RIVER

00.80 S 241st AVE, Lake, IN

Built 1900 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 136

LOCUST ROAD

Poor

Over: S FORK LEATHERWOOD CR

00.46 S OF CR 300 N, Lawrence, IN

Built 1992 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 92

WASH COUNTY BR RD

Poor

Over: EAST FORK OF WHITE RIVER

00.83 S OF CR L9E6S, Lawrence, IN

Built 1895 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 143

CEMENT PLANT ROAD

Poor

Over: LEATHERWOOD CREEK

00.33 E OF C STREET, Lawrence, IN

Built 1909 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 240

OLD CR 600S

Poor

Over: FALL CREEK

00.10 W SR 109, Madison, IN

Built 1916 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 856

CR 100 EAST

Poor

Over: EEL RIVER

0.80 S OF SR 16, Miami, IN

Built 1915 Load: 0.0 t

CR 700 NORTH

Poor

Over: FLOWERS CREEK

0.20 W OF WARSAW TRL, Miami, IN

Built 1910 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 200

CR 950 NORTH

Poor

Over: EEL RIVER

0.10 E OF PONY FARM ROAD, Miami, IN

Built 1903 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 100

ROMONA RD

Poor

Over: MILL CREEK

01.50 NE COUNTRY CLUB RD, Owen, IN

Built 1910 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 10

SYCAMORE RD

Poor

Over: E FORK FISH CREEK

0.5 E OF SR 46, Owen, IN

Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60

CR 625S

Poor

Over: CUP CREEK

00.26 E CR 775 E, Pike, IN

Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t

WILSEY RD

Poor

Over: BLACK RIVER

01.26 E S MAIN ST, Posey, IN

Built 1918 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 281

CR 500E

Poor

Over: CLEAR CREEK

00.30 N of CR 300 N, Putnam, IN

Built 1915 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 110

CR 200E

Poor

Over: DRY BRANCH CREEK

00.50 S of CR 200 N, Putnam, IN

Built 1925 Load: 0.0 t

CR 125N

Poor

Over: BIG WALNUT CREEK

00.50 N CR 100 N, Putnam, IN

Built 1910 Load: 0.0 t

CR 600W

Poor

Over: CONRAIL RR

00.20 S of CR 275 S, Putnam, IN

Built 1909 Load: 0.0 t

CR 500N

Poor

Over: ELKHORN CREEK

00.66 MI W of SR 1, Randolph, IN

Built 1910 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 171

CR 450W

Poor

Over: BEAR CREEK

00.60 MI S CR 800 N, Randolph, IN

Built 1905 Load: 0.0 t

CR 400S

Poor

Over: GREENVILLE CREEK

00.50 MI E OF CR 650 E, Randolph, IN

Built 1915 Load: 0.0 t

CR 750W

Poor

Over: CABIN CREEK

00.70 MI S OF CR 100 S, Randolph, IN

Built 1915 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 112

CR 800N

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF MISSISSINEWA

00.35 MI W OF CR 200 E, Randolph, IN

Built 1930 Load: 0.0 t

CARL ST

Poor

Over: SALT CREEK

00.10 MI E OF EAST ST, Randolph, IN

Built 1940 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 757

BROWNSTOWN ROAD

Poor

Over: VERNON FK MUSCATATUCK R

00.24 E of CR 1000 W, Ripley, IN

Built 1926 Load: 0.0 t

N RAILROAD STREET

Poor

Over: LITTLE FLATROCK RIVER

00.40 N SR 244, Rush, IN

Built 1901 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1

CR 800 EAST

Poor

Over: LITTLE BLUE RIVER

00.15 N OF CR 500 N, Shelby, IN

Built 1895 Load: 0.0 t

CR 275 NORTH

Poor

Over: SUGAR CREEK

00.01 W OF CR 825 W, Shelby, IN

Built 1910 Load: 0.0 t

MOUND ROAD

Poor

Over: FLATROCK RIVER

01.10 N OF CR 850 S, Shelby, IN

Built 1915 Load: 0.0 t

CR 450W

Poor

Over: GARRETT CREEK

00.14 S of CR 440 S, Spencer, IN

Built 1915 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60

CR 300 S

Poor

Over: BUSSERON CREEK

00.42 E US 41, Sullivan, IN

Built 1899 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 110

CR 125E

Poor

Over: BUCK Creek

00.10 S of CR 500 S, Vermillion, IN

Built 1913 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 1

CR 325 E

Poor

Over: EEL RIVER

00.20 N OF WABASH ST, Wabash, IN

Built 1890 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 40

TENNYSON ROAD

Poor

Over: BARREN FORK

0.62 MI E FRANZ RD, Warrick, IN

Built 1920 Load: 0.0 t

HEINEY RD

Poor

Over: WHITEWATER RIVER

00.10 W of TREATY LINE Rd, Wayne, IN

Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 48

MOUNT LIBERTY ROAD

Poor

Over: MOUNT LIBERTY CREEK

00.10 S 4 MILE RD, Brown, IN

Built 1929 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 150

CR 250W

Poor

Over: JONES CREEK

00.70 S of CR 250 N, Putnam, IN

Built 1925 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 180

CR 675W

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF LEATHERMAN CR

00.20 S of CR 125 N, Putnam, IN

Built 1930 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 130

CR 275S

Poor

Over: CONRAIL RR

00.50 E of CR 600 W, Putnam, IN

Built 1910 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 130

CR 150N

Poor

Over: FLATROCK RIVER

00.50 E OF CR 100 E, Rush, IN

Built 1877 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 150

SHAPED CHARGE ROAD

Poor

Over: LITTLE OTTER CREEK

1.2 MILES NORTH OF K RD, Ripley, IN

Built 1899 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 2

WONJU ROAD

Poor

Over: TRIBUTARY OF BIG CREEK

0.3 MILE NORTH OF G ROAD, Ripley, IN

Built 1990 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 10

CR 450S

Poor

Over: BR OF MILL CREEK

00.80 E of CR 1000 E, Putnam, IN

Built 1905 Load: 3.3 t ADT: 110

MYERS ROAD

Poor

Over: CANEY CREEK

0.42 MI W BULLOCKTOWN, Warrick, IN

Built 1903 Load: 3.3 t ADT: 139

KIRKS FORD ROAD

Poor

Over: MIDDLE FORK SALT CREEK

0.1 MI S ELKINSVILLE RD, Brown, IN

Built 1915 Load: 3.4 t ADT: 15

PARK ROAD

Poor

Over: MUSCATATUCK RIVER

00.00 CROSLEY FISH & WILD, Jennings, IN

Built 1910 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 143

GOEGLEIN RD

Poor

Over: BULLERMAN DRAIN

00.20 S OF TRIER RD, Allen, IN

Built 1969 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 769

COUNTRY CLUB RD

Poor

Over: OWL CREEK

0.4 MI S. OF HELMSBURG RD, Brown, IN

Built 1945 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 150

CR 400W

Poor

Over: CONRAIL RR

00.60 S of CR 125 S, Putnam, IN

Built 1908 Load: 3.6 t ADT: 480

Showing 18,501-18,550 of 19,495 bridges

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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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