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Local over Small Stream

Butler County, Iowa · rated Fair 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 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 1941 and reconstructed in 2002, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 26 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 77 of the 287 inventoried bridges in Butler County rated fair (26.8%); 35 (12.2%) 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 58 ft
Location	090181801
NBI structure number	000000000087260
Condition class	Fair

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