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Local over Stream

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

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

Local over Stream in Appanoose 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1992, making it 33 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 73 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 50 of the 185 inventoried bridges in Appanoose County rated fair (27.0%); 54 (29.2%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 40 ft
Location	068182501
NBI structure number	000000000064691
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ia 5 over Cooper Crek	2023	4,660	Good
Ia 5 over Chariton River	1963	3,470	Fair
Ia 2 over Cooper Creek	1971	3,310	Good
Ia 5 over Dme RR	1974	3,120	Fair
Ia 5 over Drainage Ditch	1948	3,000	Fair
Ia 2 over Chariton River	1983	2,830	Good