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NE Rieck Dr over Skunk River Tributary

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

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

NE Rieck Dr over Skunk River Tributary in Polk County, Iowa, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1927, making it 98 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 91 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 195 of the 548 inventoried bridges in Polk County rated fair (35.6%); 34 (6.2%) 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 23 ft
Location	080220906
NBI structure number	000000000281600
Condition class	Fair

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