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SR 157 over Eel River Overflow

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

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

SR 157 over Eel River Overflow in Owen 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 1963 and reconstructed in 1978, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 450 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 76 of the 150 inventoried bridges in Owen County rated fair (50.7%); 13 (8.7%) 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 single box beam
Length	about 334 ft
Location	02.19 N SR 48
NBI structure number	027970
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR 46 over In South RR White Riv	1957	13,570	Fair
SR 46 over Mccormicks Creek	1927	13,035	Fair
SR 46 over Meadowbrook Creek	2013	11,394	Good
US 231 over Fall Creek	1932	7,749	Fair
US 231 over Mill Creek	1932	7,749	Fair
SR 46 over Rattlesnake Creek	1985	7,300	Fair