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Local over Small Stream

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

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

Local over Small Stream in Butler County, Iowa, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1965 and reconstructed in 1984, making it 60 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 41 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 35 of the 287 inventoried bridges in Butler County rated poor (12.2%); 35 (12.2%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 65 ft
Location	090180702
NBI structure number	000000000087180
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ia 3 over over Ianr RR	1967	3,540	Fair
Ia 3 over Shell Rock River	1967	3,540	Fair
Cherry St over Shell Rock River	1915	3,435	Fair
Ia 57 over Drainage Ditch	1924	2,480	Fair
Ia 57 over Beaver Creek	2003	2,480	Good
Ia 57 over Phelps Creek	2017	2,400	Good