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E Lincoln Way over Skunk River

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

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

E Lincoln Way over Skunk River in Story County, Iowa, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1952, making it 73 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 9,468 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 160 of the 302 inventoried bridges in Story County rated fair (53.0%); 40 (13.2%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 243 ft
Location	A16050635
NBI structure number	000000000049390
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-35 over Ballard Creek	1964	48,300	Fair
I-35 over Walnut Creek	1964	48,300	Fair
I 35 over South Skunk Rvr Overflow	2017	48,300	Good
I-35 over Drainage Ditch	1967	28,300	Good
US 69 over Ioway Creek	1924	24,600	Good
NB I-35 over Bike Path	1964	24,150	Fair