SR 3 over Prairie Creek

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

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

• SR 3 over Prairie Creek in Blackford County, Indiana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1932 and reconstructed in 1985, making it 93 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 2,249 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 3 of the 73 inventoried bridges in Blackford County rated poor (4.1%); 3 (4.1%) 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.

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

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