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US 6 & Ia 38 over I-80

Cedar County, Iowa · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

US 6 & Ia 38 over I-80 in Cedar County, Iowa, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,280 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 109 of the 300 inventoried bridges in Cedar County rated fair (36.3%); 60 (20.0%) 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 stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 219 ft
Location	At E Jct. Iowa 38
NBI structure number	000000000018320
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-80 over Stream	1960	39,700	Fair
I-80 over Stream	1960	39,700	Fair
I-80 over Middle Wapsinonoc Creek	1960	39,700	Fair
I-80 over Drainage Ditch	1959	36,000	Fair
I-80 over Little Elkhorn Creek	1959	36,000	Fair
I-80 over Drainage Ditch	1960	36,000	Fair