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SR 23 over Yellow River

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

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

SR 23 over Yellow River in Starke 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 1964 and reconstructed in 2002, making it 61 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,219 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 35 of the 87 inventoried bridges in Starke County rated fair (40.2%); 5 (5.7%) 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 steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 166 ft
Location	00.34 S SR 8
NBI structure number	005740
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 30 WB over Robbins Ditch	1958	11,406	Fair
US 35 over Yellow River	1929	8,432	Good
US 35 over Craigmile Ditch	1924	7,176	Fair
US 30 EB over Robbins Ditch	1958	6,993	Fair
US 30 WB over Jain Ditch	1963	6,793	Good
US 30 EB over Shearing Ditch	1958	6,743	Good