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Garden Ave over Horton Creek

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

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

Garden Ave over Horton Creek in Bremer 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1996, making it 29 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 29 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 96 of the 267 inventoried bridges in Bremer County rated fair (36.0%); 32 (12.0%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 42 ft
Location	093130702
NBI structure number	000000000080411
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 218 over Drainage Ditch	2012	18,700	Good
Ia 116 over Dry Run Creek	2015	14,800	Good
US 218 over Drainage Ditch	2001	10,900	Good
SB US 218 over Cedar River	1993	9,700	Fair
US 218 over Trib to Shell Rock River	1996	9,700	Good
NB US 218 over Cedar River	1993	9,500	Fair