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I-74 EB over Deer Creek

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

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

I-74 EB over Deer Creek in Shelby 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 1961 and reconstructed in 1998, making it 64 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10,729 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2004).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 150 of the 247 inventoried bridges in Shelby County rated fair (60.7%); 18 (7.3%) 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-65 over Drainage Ditch	1969	40,749	Fair
I-65 NB over Big Blue River	1969	28,018	Fair
I-65 SB over Big Blue River	1969	27,789	Good
I-65 SB over SR 252	1968	25,601	Fair
I-65 NB over SR 252	1968	24,134	Fair
I-74 over Tributary of Conns Creek	1962	21,459	Fair