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CR 50E over Benham Branch

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

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

CR 50E over Benham Branch in Ripley 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1974, making it 51 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 350 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 117 of the 191 inventoried bridges in Ripley County rated fair (61.3%); 9 (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


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 49 ft
Location	00.09 S of CR 800 S
NBI structure number	6900005
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-74 over Pipe Creek	1962	20,327	Good
I-74 over Little Pipe Creek	1962	18,786	Good
I-74 over Branch Little Pipe Creek	1962	18,786	Good
SR 229 over I-74	1962	15,532	Fair
I-74 EB over Western Creek	1962	12,614	Good
I-74 WB over Western Creek	1962	12,266	Good