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Local - Wichita over Small

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

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

Local - Wichita over Small in Cass County, Iowa, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1976, making it 49 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 62 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 112 of the 296 inventoried bridges in Cass County rated fair (37.8%); 104 (35.1%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
Its most recent inspection on record is dated March 2024, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
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

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	5	5	Fair condition


Structure	Steel culvert
Length	about 21 ft
Location	074362801
NBI structure number	000000000097321
Condition class	Fair
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	March 2024
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	8: foundations stable, scour above the top of the footing

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-80 over Camp Creek	1965	23,500	Fair
I-80 over Drainage Ditch	1959	23,000	Fair
I-80 over Stream	1965	22,400	Fair
I 80 EB over Indian Creek	2013	11,800	Good
I 80 WB over Indian Creek	2014	11,800	Good
EB I-80 over 570TH St	1966	11,750	Fair