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Blue Creek Road over Little Blue Creek

Brown County, Indiana · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Blue Creek Road over Little Blue Creek in Brown County, Indiana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1969, making it 56 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 50 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 17 of the 114 inventoried bridges in Brown County rated poor (14.9%); 17 (14.9%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 77 ft
Location	1.2 Mi. N. Elkinsville Rd
NBI structure number	0700035
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR 46 over Greasy Creek	1964	14,040	Fair
SR 46 over North Fork Salt Creek	1964	11,699	Fair
SR 46 over North Fork Salt Creek	1964	10,596	Fair
SR 46 over North Fork Salt Creek	1964	10,520	Fair
SR 46 over N Fork Salt Creek	1928	9,341	Fair
SR 46 over Gnaw Bone Creek	1960	8,485	Good