Structure 6900 · Grant County, IN

SR 26 over Little Creek

Carries SR 26 over Little Creek, 00.75 W SR 9.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck and Superstructure at 5 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating5/9 · Fair
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure7/9 · Good
Channelnot part of overall8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
CAR · 15 FT72 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 7/9

72 ft end to end, longest span 27 ft. Lengths and the car on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a slab bridge.

Built198541 years old
Length72.2 ft22 m
Daily traffic3,639counted 2021
Last inspectedOctober 2024every 24 months

Location

StateIndiana
CountyGrant
Location00.75 W SR 9
CarriesSR 26
CrossesLittle Creek
Coordinates40.42258, -85.68617

Physical Characteristics

MaterialConcrete Continuous
DesignSlab
Total Length72.2 ft (22 m)
Max Span26.9 ft (8.2 m)
Deck Width46.3 ft (14.1 m)
Deck Area310.2 sq m
Main Spans3
Year Built1985

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic3,639 (2021)
Truck Traffic22%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionOctober 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical3 — Scour critical
Structure Number006900

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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