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I-70 WB over Buck Creek

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

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

I-70 WB over Buck Creek in Hancock County, Indiana, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1967 and reconstructed in 2012, making it 58 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 31,714 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2011).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 116 of the 201 inventoried bridges in Hancock County rated good (57.7%); 5 (2.5%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 176 ft
Location	07.00 E I-465
NBI structure number	042820
Condition class	Good

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
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
CR 600 W over I-70	1967	21,892	Good