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Shaped Charge Road over Falling Timbers Branch

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

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

Shaped Charge Road over Falling Timbers Branch in Ripley County, Indiana, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 8 (very good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2022, making it 3 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
It is one of 65 of the 191 inventoried bridges in Ripley County rated good (34.0%); 9 (4.7%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 64 ft
Location	2.8 Miles North of K Rd
NBI structure number	000031531-01668
Condition class	Good

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