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SE 82ND St over Spring Creek

Polk County, Iowa · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

SE 82ND St over Spring Creek in Polk County, Iowa, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1986, making it 39 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 71 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 319 of the 548 inventoried bridges in Polk County rated good (58.2%); 34 (6.2%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 177 ft
Location	078221906
NBI structure number	000000000280681
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-235 over Drainage Ditch	1966	118,600	Fair
I-235 & 17TH St over Blue Creek	1968	113,200	Fair
I 235 over Des Moines Rvr Rbrtraydr	1962	88,200	Good
I-35 & I-80 over N Walnut Creek	1958	81,600	Fair
I 35 over Trib to Four Mile Creek	2018	58,300	Good
EB I-235 over Walnut Creek	1968	58,050	Fair