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SR 42 over I-70 WB

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

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

SR 42 over I-70 WB in Clay County, Indiana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1967 and reconstructed in 1986, making it 58 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 29,657 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 102 of the 185 inventoried bridges in Clay County rated fair (55.1%); 19 (10.3%) 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 253 ft
Location	04.07 W SR 59
NBI structure number	015750
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-70 EB over Birch Creek	1966	30,165	Fair
SR 42 over East Fork Honey Creek	1934	29,657	Good
I-70 WB over Honey Creek Priv Rd	1967	16,016	Fair
I-70 EB over Honey Creek Priv Rd	1967	15,522	Fair
I-70 EB over East Fork Birch Creek	1966	15,050	Fair
I-70 WB over East Fork Birch Creek	1966	14,606	Fair