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Local over Walnut Creek

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

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

Local over Walnut Creek in Poweshiek 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1955, making it 70 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 30 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 82 of the 243 inventoried bridges in Poweshiek County rated fair (33.7%); 95 (39.1%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 131 ft
Location	081141402
NBI structure number	000000000294370
Condition class	Fair

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