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Local Secondary over Little Sugar Creek

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

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

Local Secondary over Little Sugar Creek in Lee 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 1900 and reconstructed in 1977, making it 125 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 20 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 30 of the 214 inventoried bridges in Lee County rated poor (14.0%); 30 (14.0%) 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 68 ft
Location	068072104
NBI structure number	000000000219250
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ave L over Dry Creek	1915	10,953	Poor
US 136 over Mississippi River RR Rd	1985	10,500	Fair
Ave H over French Creek	1983	10,382	Fair
Ia 27 over Stream	1947	7,200	Fair
Ia 27 over Sugar Creek	2001	7,200	Fair
Ia 2 over US 61	2011	6,200	Fair