CR 550E over Branch S Fk Patoka River

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

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

• CR 550E over Branch S Fk Patoka River in Pike 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1950 and reconstructed in 1997, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 57 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 68 of the 173 inventoried bridges in Pike County rated fair (39.3%); 17 (9.8%) 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.

View this bridge on a map → (38.24986, -87.17729)

Component ratings

Bridge details

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

Busiest bridges in Pike County

All bridges nearby: Pike County, IN bridge conditions · every bridge in Pike County · Indiana bridges.

Background: how bridge ratings work · what "poor" and "structurally deficient" actually mean · how often bridges are inspected.