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Local over Jim Creek

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

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

Local over Jim Creek in Madison 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 1939 and reconstructed in 1990, making it 86 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 82 of the 225 inventoried bridges in Madison County rated poor (36.4%); 82 (36.4%) 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 77 ft
Location	077291302
NBI structure number	000000000235190
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	27,600	Fair
US 169 over Cedar Creek	1990	5,900	Good
US 169 over North River	1969	4,280	Fair
US 169 over N Branch North River	1983	4,280	Fair
US 169 over Stream	1944	4,280	Fair
FM over Middle River	1996	2,091	Fair