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Shaped Charge Road over Little Otter Creek

Ripley County, Indiana · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Shaped Charge Road over Little Otter Creek in Ripley County, Indiana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1899 and reconstructed in 1935, making it 126 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
It is one of 9 of the 191 inventoried bridges in Ripley County rated poor (4.7%); 9 (4.7%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 42 ft
Location	1.2 Miles North of K Rd
NBI structure number	000031531-00367
Condition class	Poor

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Indiana department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-74 over Pipe Creek	1962	20,327	Good
I-74 over Little Pipe Creek	1962	18,786	Good
I-74 over Branch Little Pipe Creek	1962	18,786	Good
SR 229 over I-74	1962	15,532	Fair
I-74 EB over Western Creek	1962	12,614	Good
I-74 WB over Western Creek	1962	12,266	Good