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Po-500E over Kankakee River

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

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

Po-500E over Kankakee River in Porter County, Indiana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1985 and reconstructed in 2000, making it 40 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 151 of the 279 inventoried bridges in Porter County rated fair (54.1%); 13 (4.7%) 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.

Component ratings

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-94 EB over US 20 Willow CR CSX RR	1966	83,652	Good
I-94 EB over NS RR	1969	80,516	Fair
I-94 EB over Beam Street	1969	80,516	Fair
I-94 WB over Little Calumet River	1969	80,516	Good
I-94 EB over Jensen Dr	1968	70,574	Fair
I-94 EB over CSX RR	1969	57,732	Fair