E Governors Road over Longpond and White River

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

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

• E Governors Road over Longpond and White River in Knox 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 0 (failed condition, out of service) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1900, making it 125 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 13 of the 290 inventoried bridges in Knox County rated poor (4.5%); 13 (4.5%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is closed to all traffic (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated September 2023, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• It is coded scour critical (NBI item 113 = 0): scour critical: bridge has failed and is closed to traffic.
• 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.

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

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