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CR 19 over Swoveland Ditch

Elkhart County, Indiana · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

CR 19 over Swoveland Ditch in Elkhart County, Indiana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1960 and reconstructed in 1985, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 979 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 159 of the 278 inventoried bridges in Elkhart County rated fair (57.2%); 26 (9.4%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 26 ft
Location	00.30 N of CR 142
NBI structure number	2000117
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
CR 17 over St Joseph River	2011	30,480	Fair
SR 19 over St Joseph River & Road	1963	26,644	Fair
I-90 over Myers Ditch	1956	26,610	Good
I-90 Ebwb over Washington Twp Drain	1956	25,630	Good
CR 17 over Pine Creek	1995	25,331	Fair
I-90 on Off Ramps over I-90	1997	24,500	Good