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Local over Small Creek

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

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

Local over Small Creek in Jackson County, Iowa, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 26 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 138 of the 252 inventoried bridges in Jackson County rated fair (54.8%); 36 (14.3%) are rated poor.
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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 80 ft
Location	084e42204
NBI structure number	000000000192521
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 61 over Drainage Ditch	1967	8,100	Good
Y53 200TH Ave over Prairie Creek	2022	7,205	Good
US 61 NB over S Fork Maquoketa River	1967	5,100	Fair
US 61 SB over S Fork Maquoket River	1998	5,100	Fair
NB US 61 over Prairie Creek	1967	4,600	Fair
SB US 61 over Prairie Creek	1996	4,600	Good