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Local over Beaver Creek

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

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

Local over Beaver Creek in Dallas County, Iowa, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 0 (failed condition, out of service) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1890 and reconstructed in 1974, making it 135 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 18 of the 206 inventoried bridges in Dallas County rated poor (8.7%); 18 (8.7%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Deck	0	Failed condition, out of service
Superstructure	0	Failed condition, out of service
Substructure	0	Failed condition, out of service

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-80 over Panther Creek	1965	32,100	Good
I-80 over Bear Creek	1965	29,500	Good
EB I-80 over over UP RR	1966	27,550	Fair
WB I-80 over over UP RR	1966	26,850	Fair
EB I-80 over Sugar Creek	1966	24,500	Fair
WB I-80 over Sugar Creek	1966	24,050	Fair