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CR 300E over Van Buren Creek

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

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

CR 300E over Van Buren Creek in Clay 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1930, making it 95 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 150 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 19 of the 185 inventoried bridges in Clay County rated poor (10.3%); 19 (10.3%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Superstructure	5	Fair condition
Substructure	4	Poor condition

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-70 EB over Birch Creek	1966	30,165	Fair
SR 42 over East Fork Honey Creek	1934	29,657	Good
SR 42 over I-70 WB	1967	29,657	Fair
I-70 WB over Honey Creek Priv Rd	1967	16,016	Fair
I-70 EB over Honey Creek Priv Rd	1967	15,522	Fair
I-70 EB over East Fork Birch Creek	1966	15,050	Fair