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Merril Rd over Dry Fk Whitewater River

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

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

Merril Rd over Dry Fk Whitewater River in Franklin 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1905, making it 120 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 125 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2024).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 16 of the 161 inventoried bridges in Franklin County rated poor (9.9%); 16 (9.9%) 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	Concrete girder and floorbeam
Length	about 43 ft
Location	00.01 W of RAYMOND RD
NBI structure number	2400044
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-74 EB over Laughery Creek	1962	11,792	Good
I-74 WB over Laughery Creek	1962	11,698	Good
US 52 over E Fork Whitewater River	1983	9,264	Fair
SR 101 over E Fork Whitewater River	1992	6,960	Fair
SR 101 over Unt Whitewater River	1968	6,960	Fair
US 52 over Big Cedar Creek	1955	6,146	Fair