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CR 500 W over Book Run

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

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

CR 500 W over Book Run in Gibson County, Indiana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1963, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 150 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 191 of the 366 inventoried bridges in Gibson County rated fair (52.2%); 22 (6.0%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 24 ft
Location	00.40 S of CR 525 S
NBI structure number	2600162
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-69 over Unt Barn Branch Creek	2008	32,000	Good
I-69 over Barn Branch Creek	2008	32,000	Good
SR 64SR 65 over Richland Creek	1959	26,134	Fair
US 41 over Lutz Creek	1948	23,379	Good
US 41 over Thurman Ditch	1950	22,693	Fair
I-69 over Unt Smith Fork	2012	20,127	Good