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Local over North Skunk River

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

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

Local over North Skunk River in Jasper 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 1918 and reconstructed in 1936, making it 107 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 25 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 108 of the 382 inventoried bridges in Jasper County rated poor (28.3%); 108 (28.3%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 143 ft
Location	080182601
NBI structure number	000000000197871
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-80 over Drainage Ditch	1959	33,400	Fair
I-80 over Elk Creek	1961	30,500	Fair
I-80 over Drainage Ditch	1961	30,500	Fair
EB I-80 over West 148TH St South	1959	18,350	Fair
EB I-80 over South Skunk River	1960	18,350	Fair
WB I-80 over West 148TH Street South	1959	18,050	Fair