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Blue Ridge Road over North Fork Lewis Creek

Shelby County, Indiana · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Blue Ridge Road over North Fork Lewis Creek in Shelby County, Indiana, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1963, making it 62 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 175 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 18 of the 247 inventoried bridges in Shelby County rated poor (7.3%); 18 (7.3%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 105 ft
Location	00.60 Mi. W. of CR 325 E
NBI structure number	7300057
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-65 over Drainage Ditch	1969	40,749	Fair
I-65 NB over Big Blue River	1969	28,018	Fair
I-65 SB over Big Blue River	1969	27,789	Good
I-65 SB over SR 252	1968	25,601	Fair
I-65 NB over SR 252	1968	24,134	Fair
I-74 over Tributary of Conns Creek	1962	21,459	Fair