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F44 290TH St over Cedar River

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

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

F44 290TH St over Cedar River in Cedar County, Iowa, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1948 and reconstructed in 1985, making it 77 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 620 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 60 of the 300 inventoried bridges in Cedar County rated poor (20.0%); 60 (20.0%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel girder and floorbeam
Length	about 1,145 ft
Location	079031115
NBI structure number	000000000018490
Condition class	Poor

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