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FM over Taft Creek

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

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

FM over Taft Creek in Lyon County, Iowa, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1967, making it 58 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 99 of the 273 inventoried bridges in Lyon County rated fair (36.3%); 70 (25.6%) are rated poor.
Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
Its most recent inspection on record is dated July 2023, on a 24-month routine inspection cycle.
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

Component	Rating (2024)	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	6	Satisfactory condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 35 ft
Location	099433302
NBI structure number	000000000229800
Condition class	Fair
Traffic status (item 41)	Open, no restriction
Last inspection (item 90)	July 2023
Inspection interval (item 91)	24 months
Scour (item 113)	8: foundations stable, scour above the top of the footing

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ia 9 over Stream	1980	4,840	Good
Ia 9 over Stream	1940	4,520	Fair
Ia 9 over Bloodrun Creek	1977	4,520	Fair
US 75 & Ia 9 over Moon Creek	1972	4,400	Fair
Ia 9 over Rock River	1974	3,920	Fair
Ia 9 over Mud Creek	1975	3,270	Fair