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CR 500N over Brandywine Creek

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

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

CR 500N over Brandywine Creek in Hancock County, Indiana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 700 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 201 inventoried bridges in Hancock County rated poor (2.5%); 5 (2.5%) 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 59 ft
Location	00.51 W of Apple St
NBI structure number	3000240
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-70 EB over Buck Creek	1967	31,714	Good
I-70 WB over Buck Creek	1967	31,714	Good
SR 9 over I-70 Eb/wb	1965	28,558	Good
I-70 EB over Sugar Creek	1965	26,025	Good
I-70 WB over Sugar Creek	1965	26,025	Good
I-70 EB over Brandywine Creek	1965	22,000	Fair