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Local over East Wapsipinicon

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

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

Local over East Wapsipinicon in Chickasaw 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1900 and reconstructed in 1999, making it 125 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 98 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 80 of the 304 inventoried bridges in Chickasaw County rated poor (26.3%); 80 (26.3%) 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 115 ft
Location	094110702
NBI structure number	000000000110092
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 63 over Trib to Wapsipinicon	2001	5,100	Good
Ia 24 over Plum Creek	2000	4,290	Good
US 63 over E. Fk Wapsipinicon River	1962	4,280	Fair
US 63 over Spring Creek	1971	4,280	Fair
US 18 & Ia 346 over U.S. 63	2002	4,130	Good
Ia 346 over Cedar River	1984	3,340	Fair