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SR 19 over St Joseph River & Road

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

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

SR 19 over St Joseph River & Road in Elkhart County, Indiana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1963 and reconstructed in 2013, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 26,644 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 159 of the 278 inventoried bridges in Elkhart County rated fair (57.2%); 26 (9.4%) are rated poor.
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.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 451 ft
Location	03.39 N US 20
NBI structure number	005165
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
CR 17 over St Joseph River	2011	30,480	Fair
I-90 over Myers Ditch	1956	26,610	Good
I-90 Ebwb over Washington Twp Drain	1956	25,630	Good
CR 17 over Pine Creek	1995	25,331	Fair
I-90 on Off Ramps over I-90	1997	24,500	Good
US 33 over Yellow Creek	1936	22,024	Good