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Piqua Road over Gerke Ditch

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

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

Piqua Road over Gerke Ditch in Adams 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1976, making it 49 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,572 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 2 of the 195 inventoried bridges in Adams County rated poor (1.0%); 2 (1.0%) 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.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 102 ft
Location	0.30 Miles NW of CR 000
NBI structure number	0100025
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 27 over Borum Run	1991	14,538	Good
US 224 over St Marys River	1969	9,815	Fair
Salem Rd (old US 3 over Borum Run	1934	8,247	Fair
US 27 over Blue Creek	1964	7,703	Good
Salem Rd (old US 3 over Braun Ayres Ditch	1934	7,300	Fair
US 224 over Koos Ditch	1986	6,561	Good