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CR 500N over Branch Hooppole Ditch

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

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

CR 500N over Branch Hooppole Ditch in Spencer County, Indiana, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 190 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 127 of the 247 inventoried bridges in Spencer County rated fair (51.4%); 6 (2.4%) 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 multiple box beam
Length	about 33 ft
Location	00.18 W of SR 161
NBI structure number	7400068
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-64 EB over N Fork Pigeon Creek	1972	15,040	Good
I-64 Wbl over N Fork Pigeon Creek	1972	15,040	Good
SR 66 over Huffman Ditch	1923	14,422	Fair
I-64 Wbl over Southern RR	1972	13,310	Good
I-64 EB over Hunley Creek	1972	13,170	Fair
I-64 Wbl over Hunley Creek	1972	13,170	Fair