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US 52 over Wagner Ditch

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

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

US 52 over Wagner Ditch in Hancock 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 1926 and reconstructed in 1986, making it 99 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 6,105 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 80 of the 201 inventoried bridges in Hancock County rated fair (39.8%); 5 (2.5%) 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	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 29 ft
Location	04.53 W SR 9
NBI structure number	019250
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 Buck Creek	1967	31,714	Good
I-70 WB over Buck Creek	1967	31,714	Good
SR 9 over I-70 Eb/wb	1965	28,558	Good
I-70 EB over Sugar Creek	1965	26,025	Good
I-70 WB over Sugar Creek	1965	26,025	Good
I-70 EB over Brandywine Creek	1965	22,000	Fair