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SR 229 over I-74

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

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

SR 229 over I-74 in Ripley 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1962 and reconstructed in 2005, making it 63 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15,532 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 117 of the 191 inventoried bridges in Ripley County rated fair (61.3%); 9 (4.7%) 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 steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 205 ft
Location	00.15 N SR 46
NBI structure number	029360
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-74 over Pipe Creek	1962	20,327	Good
I-74 over Little Pipe Creek	1962	18,786	Good
I-74 over Branch Little Pipe Creek	1962	18,786	Good
I-74 EB over Western Creek	1962	12,614	Good
I-74 WB over Western Creek	1962	12,266	Good
US 50 over Branch of Caesar Creek	1991	7,587	Fair