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CR 142 over Elkhart River

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

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

CR 142 over Elkhart River in Elkhart County, Indiana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1962, making it 63 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,401 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 26 of the 278 inventoried bridges in Elkhart County rated poor (9.4%); 26 (9.4%) 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	Prestressed concrete multiple box beam
Length	about 99 ft
Location	00.30 E of CR 29
NBI structure number	2000133
Condition class	Poor

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