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SR 66 over Bear Creek

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

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

SR 66 over Bear Creek in Perry 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 1972 and reconstructed in 1980, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 418 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2004).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 84 of the 149 inventoried bridges in Perry County rated fair (56.4%); 3 (2.0%) 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 prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 134 ft
Location	07.90 W SR 70
NBI structure number	023600
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-64 over Tige Creek	1973	16,479	Fair
I-64 Wbl over Sigler Creek	1973	13,260	Good
SR 237 over Castleberry Creek	1965	11,538	Fair
SR 237 over Ohio River 3 Sts RR	1966	9,560	Fair
SR 66 over Windy Creek	1940	9,028	Fair
I-64 Wbl over Middle Fk Anderson River	1973	8,719	Good