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Local over Lange Creek

O'Brien County, Iowa · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Local over Lange Creek in O'Brien County, Iowa, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1954, making it 71 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 62 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 119 of the 263 inventoried bridges in O'Brien County rated fair (45.2%); 16 (6.1%) are rated poor.
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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 58 ft
Location	094411902
NBI structure number	000000000259180
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ia 60 over Engels Creek	2006	5,300	Good
US 18 over Branch Little Floyd Rvr	1958	4,530	Fair
US 18 over Drainage Ditch	1958	4,530	Fair
US 18 over Little Floyd River	1957	4,230	Fair
US 18 over Stream	1959	3,640	Fair
US 18 over Waterman Creek	2020	3,530	Good