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Local over Bear Creek

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

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

Local over Bear Creek in Poweshiek 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 1950, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 60 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 95 of the 243 inventoried bridges in Poweshiek County rated poor (39.1%); 95 (39.1%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 121 ft
Location	080140702
NBI structure number	000000000293420
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 N.fk. English River	1963	28,500	Fair
I-80 over No Fork English River	1963	28,500	Fair
EB I-80 over 50TH Street	1963	14,250	Fair
I 80 WB over UP RR	2023	14,000	Good
WB I-80 over 50TH Street	1963	14,000	Fair
EB I-80 over SR V18	1963	13,600	Fair