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CR 1500 N over I-74

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

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

CR 1500 N over I-74 in Ripley 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 1962 and reconstructed in 2021, making it 63 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 983 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2020).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 65 of the 191 inventoried bridges in Ripley County rated good (34.0%); 9 (4.7%) 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 single box beam
Length	about 223 ft
Location	02.22 E SR 229
NBI structure number	045220
Condition class	Good

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
SR 229 over I-74	1962	15,532	Fair
I-74 EB over Western Creek	1962	12,614	Good
I-74 WB over Western Creek	1962	12,266	Good