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CR 40 over Metcalf Ditch

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

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

CR 40 over Metcalf Ditch in DeKalb 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 1991 and reconstructed in 2023, making it 34 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 58 of the 149 inventoried bridges in DeKalb County rated good (38.9%); 2 (1.3%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 39 ft
Location	00.50 E of CR 71
NBI structure number	1700054
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-69 over Kruise Private Drive	2001	30,849	Fair
I-69 NB over SR 8	1963	16,361	Good
I-69 SB over SR 8	1963	16,361	Good
I-69 NB over Cedar Creek	1963	15,907	Good
I-69 SB over Cedar Creek	1963	15,907	Good
I-69 NB over Cedar Creek	1963	15,634	Good