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FM over Blood Run Creek

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

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

FM over Blood Run Creek in Lyon County, Iowa, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1971, making it 54 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 180 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 70 of the 273 inventoried bridges in Lyon County rated poor (25.6%); 70 (25.6%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 138 ft
Location	100481902
NBI structure number	000000000231441
Condition class	Poor

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