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Local over English Creek

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

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

Local over English Creek in Lucas 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 1954, making it 71 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 11 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 65 of the 198 inventoried bridges in Lucas County rated poor (32.8%); 65 (32.8%) 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 60 ft
Location	073212401
NBI structure number	000000000227310
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 34 & 65 over over BNSF RR	1974	3,560	Fair
US 34 over Stream	2023	3,500	Good
US 34 over Abandon RR Bike Path	1960	3,400	Fair
US 34 over Stream	1960	3,400	Fair
US 34 over White Breast Creek	2017	3,330	Good
US 34 over Russell Blvd BNSF UP RR	1960	3,160	Fair