SR 4 over Place Ditch

LaPorte County, Indiana · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• SR 4 over Place Ditch in LaPorte County, Indiana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1993, making it 32 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 1,137 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 134 of the 227 inventoried bridges in LaPorte County rated fair (59.0%); 15 (6.6%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its class is unchanged from 2024 (fair), but component ratings moved: substructure 7 to 6, deck 6 to 8, superstructure 6 to 8.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated February 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 3): scour critical: foundations unstable for the assessed or calculated scour.
• A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

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

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