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CR 975 West over Sulphur Creek

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

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

CR 975 West over Sulphur Creek in Orange 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 1920, making it 105 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 180 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2014).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 136 inventoried bridges in Orange County rated poor (10.3%); 14 (10.3%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 22 ft
Location	0.30 N of CR 650 N
NBI structure number	5900092
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR 56 over French Lick Creek	1952	16,310	Fair
SR 56 over Lost River	1923	11,870	Fair
SR 37 over Sulphur Creek	1928	9,827	Fair
US 150 over Lick Creek	1923	8,180	Fair
US 150 over Lick Creek	2013	8,180	Good
US 150 over Branch Lick Creek	1994	7,756	Fair