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South Main Street over Bowman Creek

St. Joseph County, Indiana · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

South Main Street over Bowman Creek in St. Joseph County, Indiana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1920 and reconstructed in 1940, making it 105 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 11,873 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2019).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 107 of the 227 inventoried bridges in St. Joseph County rated fair (47.1%); 11 (4.8%) 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.

Component ratings

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
SR 23 over US 20 & US 31	2004	39,562	Good
US 20 over York Road	1988	39,107	Fair
US 2031 Ebwb over Abandoned RR	1966	39,107	Good
US 20 over Miami Highway	1991	39,107	Fair
US 20 over Ironwood Rd (& Ramps)	1988	38,452	Good
US 20 over Clover Road	1991	38,231	Poor