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Local over West Fork of Cedar River

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

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

Local over West Fork of Cedar River 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 superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1952 and reconstructed in 2012, making it 73 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 51 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 250 ft
Location	092180704
NBI structure number	000000000088910
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