Home › Iowa › Cerro Gordo County › Fir over Beaver Dam Creek

Fir over Beaver Dam Creek

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

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

Fir over Beaver Dam Creek in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1927, making it 98 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 21 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 268 inventoried bridges in Cerro Gordo County rated poor (5.2%); 14 (5.2%) 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	Concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 102 ft
Location	095221204
NBI structure number	000000000105990
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-35 over Calmus Creek	1970	21,400	Fair
Ia 122 over Cheslea Creek	2010	18,800	Good
I-35 over Drainage Ditch	1972	18,100	Good
I-35 over Drainage Ditch	1972	17,700	Fair
I-35 over Drainage Ditch	1971	17,600	Fair
I 35 over Drainage Ditch	1972	17,600	Fair