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Local over Small Creek

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

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

Local over Small Creek in Guthrie 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 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1920 and reconstructed in 1959, making it 105 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 26 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 94 of the 263 inventoried bridges in Guthrie County rated poor (35.7%); 94 (35.7%) 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


Structure	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 30 ft
Location	081322506
NBI structure number	000000000170200
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ia 44 over Bays Branch Creek	1981	3,460	Good
Ia 44 over Branch Mosquito Creek	1981	3,460	Fair
Ia 25 over South Raccoon River	1983	3,200	Good
Ia 44 over Brushy Creek	1972	3,200	Fair
Ia 44 over Middle Raccoon River	1972	3,200	Fair
Ia 141 over Dry Run Creek	2004	2,160	Good