Fairview Rd over Upper Indian Creek

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

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

• Fairview Rd over Upper Indian Creek in Switzerland 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1979 and reconstructed in 2023, making it 46 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 325 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 33 of the 62 inventoried bridges in Switzerland County rated fair (53.2%); 1 (1.6%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• It was rated poor in the 2024 inventory and is now fair (deck 4 to 9, superstructure 4 to 9).
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated May 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
• 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.

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

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