CR 500E over Branch S Fk Patoka River

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

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

• CR 500E over Branch S Fk Patoka River in Pike County, Indiana, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
• Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 2014, making it 11 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 59 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 88 of the 173 inventoried bridges in Pike County rated good (50.9%); 17 (9.8%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated April 2023, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

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

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