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SR 70 over Waterman Branch

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

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

SR 70 over Waterman Branch in Spencer 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 1924 and reconstructed in 1968, making it 101 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,435 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2004).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 127 of the 247 inventoried bridges in Spencer County rated fair (51.4%); 6 (2.4%) 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

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-64 EB over N Fork Pigeon Creek	1972	15,040	Good
I-64 Wbl over N Fork Pigeon Creek	1972	15,040	Good
SR 66 over Huffman Ditch	1923	14,422	Fair
I-64 Wbl over Southern RR	1972	13,310	Good
I-64 EB over Hunley Creek	1972	13,170	Fair
I-64 Wbl over Hunley Creek	1972	13,170	Fair