Beech Road over US 20

St. Joseph County, Indiana · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

• Beech Road over US 20 in St. Joseph County, Indiana, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1990 and reconstructed in 2021, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 1,578 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
• Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
• It is one of 109 of the 227 inventoried bridges in St. Joseph County rated good (48.0%); 11 (4.8%) 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.

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

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