Oldest Bridges in Indiana

The oldest bridge in Indiana dates to 1838. The table below shows the state's most historic bridges, ranked by year built. Many of these structures have survived well beyond their original design life — click any bridge to see its current condition and inspection history.

How this ranking works

This state list uses the NBI year-built field and links each bridge to its current inspection record. Treat age as a history signal, not a condition score.

BridgeCountyYear BuiltConditionDaily Traffic
Park Road over North Fork Salt CreekBrown1838Fair400
Towpath RD over Burnetts CreekCarroll1840Fair288
Brickyard Road over Boggs CreekMartin1848Fair430
Crooks Bridge RD over Little Raccoon CreekParke1856Poor62
CR 650n over Little Raccoon CreekParke1856Poor132
CR 800n over Big Shawnee CreekFountain1860Fair120
Bloomingdale RD over Sugar CreekParke1861Good454
Martin RD over Big Raccoon CreekParke1867Poor95
Boner Road over Little Pigeon CreekWarrick1869Poor137
CR 500w over Wildcat CreekCarroll1870Fair81
CR 50e over Wildcat CreekCarroll1870Fair91
Mill Stsinger RD over Eel RiverWabash1872Fair480
Mill Street over ST Joseph RiverDeKalb1873Fair200
Wyandotte Avenue over Dry RunCrawford1874Fair140
CR 1675 W over Big BayouGibson1875Poor0
CR 850w over Brush CreekRipley1875Fair350
CR 325w over S Fork Patoka RiverPike1876Poor15
Moores Bridge RD over Patoka RiverGibson1877Poor0
CR 990e over Mississinewa RiverGrant1877Fair240
CR 150n over Flatrock RiverRush1877Poor150
N Chippewa ST over Eel RiverWabash1877Poor100
Fairgrounds Road over Drainage SwaleLake1878Good5
Co Park Entrance over Branch Of Tanners CreekDearborn1879Fair30
Covered Bridge RD over Bean Blossom CreekBrown1880Fair50
Layton DR over Sand CreekDecatur1880Fair30
S Gospel Street over Lick CreekOrange1880Fair600
Dunbar RD over Big Walnut CreekPutnam1880Poor1,400
CR 550s over Big Walnut CreekPutnam1880Good0
Huffman RD over Big Walnut CreekPutnam1880Poor230
Olean RD over Raccoon CreekRipley1880Fair350
CR 300n over Little Otter CreekRipley1880Fair150
Spades Road over Ripley CreekRipley1880Fair350
CR 950w over Brush CreekRipley1880Fair145
Van Zile RD over ST Joseph RiverAllen1883Poor200
Hamilton RD over Rebecca Knight DrainAllen1883Poor175
CR 25 East over Plummer CreekGreene1883Fair106
CR 440 West over Eel RiverMiami1883Fair100
CR 40n over Leatherwood CreekParke1883Poor103
CR 200s over Flat CreekPike1883Fair82
E Owl Hollow Road over Patoka RiverOrange1884Fair150
Offutt Bridge RD over Little Blue RiverRush1884Fair100
Main ST over S Fk Blue RiverWashington1884Poor613
CR 480 S over Br Fall Fork Clifty CreeDecatur1885Fair130
Harvey Branch RD over Harvey Branch Salt CreekFranklin1885Poor350
CR 1350w over Big CreekJefferson1885Fair100
Pisgah Road over Sugar CreekJohnson1885Fair102
Stone Arch Road over Nineveh CreekJohnson1885Fair143
CR 700 South over Patoka RiverOrange1885Poor100
Old Michigan RD over Big CreekRipley1885Fair250
CR 25s over Laughery CreekRipley1885Fair225
CR 500 North over Otter CreekRipley1885Fair150
CR 50n over Little Vermilion RiverVermillion1885Fair233
Yankeetown Road over Little Pigeon CreekWarrick1885Fair60
CR 900s over Flatrock RiverRush1886Fair225
George ST over Hogan CreekDearborn1887Fair3,050
CR 675e over Sugar CreekHancock1887Fair240
CR 575 W over Sand CreekJennings1887Fair75
CR 175 West over Patoka RiverOrange1887Fair120
CR 175 East over Patoka RiverOrange1888Poor90
CR 650s over Flatrock RiverRush1888Fair100
Precinct RD over Beech CreekOwen1889Poor30
Wyburn RD over Bohnke DrainAllen1890Poor2
CR 700w over Clifty CreekDecatur1890Poor430
CR 225e over Middle Fork Clifty CreekDecatur1890Poor140
CR 480e over Vernon Fk Muscatatuck RDecatur1890Fair140
CR 220sw over Muddy Fork Of Sand CreekDecatur1890Fair140
CR 400s over Sand CreekDecatur1890Fair180
CR 250s over Muddy Fork Of Sand CreekDecatur1890Fair140
CR 100s over Clifty CreekDecatur1890Fair140
CR 50n over Duck CreekDecatur1890Fair140
CR 600 W over Br Fall Fork Clifty CreeDecatur1890Fair110
CR 150e over Jordan CreekDecatur1890Fair110
CR 680n over Bull CreekDecatur1890Fair320
Enochsburg RD over Salt CreekFranklin1890Poor350
CR 1450 West over Black CreekGreene1890Poor0
CR 250w over Sand CreekJennings1890Poor100
Deep Cut Lake Road over Beaver CreekMartin1890Poor63
Deep Cut Lake Road over Beaver CreekMartin1890Poor100
Deep Cut Lake Road over Beaver CreekMartin1890Poor97
CR 25e over Deer CreekPutnam1890Poor150
CR 325 E over Eel RiverWabash1890Poor40
Hamilton ST (800w) over Deer CreekCarroll1891Fair938
Sampson RD over Hoffman Ditch #2Allen1892Fair130
Archibald Falls RD over Little Blue RiverCrawford1892Poor271
Abndnd Priestford over White RiverDelaware1892Poor230
Griffin RD over Black RiverPosey1892Poor263
Caldwell Road over Browns Wonder CreekBoone1893Fair120
CR 950e over Mounts RunBoone1893Fair110
Old SR 67 over Lambs CreekMorgan1893Fair270
Heckel RD over Bluegrass CreekVanderburgh1893Fair325
Snowhill RD over Johnson Fork WhitewaterFranklin1894Fair203
Brooks Bridge Road over East Fork Of White RiverMartin1894Poor107
CR 375 North over Lost RiverOrange1894Fair125
Marion Center RD over ST Marys RiverAllen1895Fair150
Stat Hollow RD over South Hogan CreekDearborn1895Fair230
CR 1000e over Salt CreekDecatur1895Fair250
CR 180e over Cobbs Fork Sand CreekDecatur1895Poor110
CR 820s over Vernon Fk Muscatatuck RDecatur1895Fair570
CR 1800 W over Big BayouGibson1895Poor0
Jinestown Road over Big Creek TributaryJefferson1895Fair2
CR 1225n over Flatrock CreekJennings1895Poor100
CR 750e over Brush CreekJennings1895Fair250
CR 625s over Big Graham CreekJennings1895Fair150
Oil Field Road over Busseron CreekKnox1895Poor0
Wash County Br RD over East Fork Of White RiverLawrence1895Poor45
Ditch RD over Branch Of Lake DitchMorgan1895Fair100
Old SR 36 over Williams CreekParke1895Fair228
CR 800 East over Little Blue RiverShelby1895Poor0
Indiana AVE over Elkhart RiverElkhart1896Fair3,593
Jinestown Road over Big Creek TributaryJefferson1896Fair2
Strawberry RD over Leatherwood CreekParke1896Poor206
CR 450e over Big Pine CreekWarren1896Poor60
Railroad Street over Falls BranchWarren1896Fair290
E Monroe ST over Falls BranchWarren1896Fair1,130
Fall ST over Falls BranchWarren1896Fair900
Pipe Creek RD over Pipe CreekFranklin1897Poor225
Jinestown Road over Big CreekJefferson1897Poor5
Wildman Road over Boggs CreekMartin1897Good159
Anthony BLVD over Maumee RiverAllen1898Fair19,025
CR 300n over Deer CreekCarroll1898Fair102
E Road over Big Creek TributaryJefferson1898Fair2
CR 375w over Big Walnut CreekPutnam1898Poor110
CR 1300e over Swinging CreekSpencer1898Fair40
CR 650n over Little Flatrock RiverDecatur1899Fair180
CR 100w over Muddy Fork Of Sand CreekDecatur1899Fair210
CR 250e over Square RunDecatur1899Fair280
CR 400s over Muddy Fork Of Sand CreekDecatur1899Fair210
Franklin ST over Gas CreekDecatur1899Fair180
Britton Road over Richland CreekGreene1899Poor158
Greene Co Line RD over Little Richland CreekGreene1899Fair660
CR 500w over Buck CreekHancock1899Fair10
CR 775 W over West Fork Honey CreekHoward1899Poor193
Illinois Street over Fall CreekMarion1899Good32,712
Eastville RD over Black RiverPosey1899Poor139
Shaped Charge Road over Little Otter CreekRipley1899Poor2
CR 50w over Huffman DitchSpencer1899Fair1,020
CR 900n over Branch Sandy CreekSpencer1899Fair170
CR 1070n over No Name CreekSpencer1899Fair40
CR 300 S over Busseron CreekSullivan1899Poor110
CR 100 N over Wabash RiverWabash1899Fair220
CR 100n over Fall CreekWarren1899Fair60
Worden RD over Hamm DitchAllen1900Fair104
Sampson RD over Bohnke DrainAllen1900Fair104
Sampson RD over Bohnke DrainAllen1900Fair104
Maples RD over Ellison #2 DrainAllen1900Fair130
Branstrator RD over Robinson-brindle DrainAllen1900Poor156
State Line Road over Hoffman Flatrock DrainAllen1900Fair573
CR 850n over Mud CreekBoone1900Fair290
CR 450n over Prairie CreekBoone1900Fair120
CR 200s over Lennox DitchBoone1900Fair710
CR 700s over Middle Fork Wildcat CRCarroll1900Fair75
Towpath RD over Rattlesnake CreekCarroll1900Fair359
CR 300w over N Branch Of Otter CreekClay1900Fair179
CR 700s over Lafferty DitchClay1900Poor12
CR 900s over Conneley DitchClay1900Fair12
Towpath RD over Eel RiverClay1900Poor114
CR 1350s over Wabash & Erie CanalClay1900Good119
CR 300w over Lafferty DitchClay1900Poor19
Alton Fredonia RD over Little Blue RiverCrawford1900Poor271
CR 79 over Fish CreekDeKalb1900Fair125
Clifton Road over Campbell CreekDelaware1900Fair900
CR 400n over Mill CreekDubois1900Good731
CR 850e over Dillon CreekDubois1900Poor27
SR 341 over East Fork Coal CreekFountain1900Fair641
Silver Creek RD over Whitewater CanalFranklin1900Fair100
Harvey Branch RD over Brown Branch Salt CreekFranklin1900Fair350
Levee RD over Snail CreekFranklin1900Poor350
Sparks RD over Sours Run Of Dry ForkFranklin1900Fair100
CR 525 S over Loefler DitchGibson1900Poor10
CR 500 E over Branch Of Snake RunGibson1900Poor480
CR 1025 E over Donohue CreekGibson1900Fair250
CR 1050 E over East Fork Of Keg CreekGibson1900Fair80
CR 700n over White Lick CreekHendricks1900Fair2,575
CR 450s over E Fork Of White Lick CRHendricks1900Poor5,500
CR 850n over Fall CreekHenry1900Fair1,600
CR 900 South over Salamonie RiverHuntington1900Good1,103
Deputy Pk over Harberts CreekJefferson1900Fair225
CR 500n over Hensley CreekJefferson1900Fair225
Wonju over Middle Fork Crk TribJefferson1900Fair5
CR 600w over Mutton CreekJennings1900Fair800
Ripley ST over South Fork Vernon ForkJennings1900Fair2,225
CR 850 South over Coffee CreekJennings1900Poor1,350
Decker Chapel Road over Brown DitchKnox1900Fair106
Long Road over Frick DitchKnox1900Fair25
E Governors Road over Longpond And White RiverKnox1900Poor0
Risley Road over Mariah CreekKnox1900Fair130
State Line Road over Kankakee RiverLake1900Poor136
Reinhart Road over West Boggs CreekMartin1900Fair63
Sherfic School RD over Beaver CreekMartin1900Fair250
Haw Creek Road over Haw CreekMartin1900Fair63
CR 1100 South over Deer CreekMiami1900Fair250
CR 1200 South over Honey CreekMiami1900Fair275
Friendship Road over Stephens CreekMonroe1900Fair111
CR 350 W over Thompson DitchNewton1900Fair145
Aberdeen Road over Branch Of Willow CreekOhio1900Fair200
CR 500 West over Lost RiverOrange1900Fair135
CR 1100e over Groundhog BranchParke1900Fair181
Rosedale RD over N Branch Otter CreekParke1900Poor61
Crane RD over Branch Of Raccoon CreekParke1900Fair63
New Discovery RD over Williams CreekParke1900Poor737