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Local over Small Stream

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

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

Local over Small Stream in Shelby 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 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 35 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 18 of the 207 inventoried bridges in Shelby County rated poor (8.7%); 18 (8.7%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 30 ft
Location	803037
NBI structure number	000000000306110
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 59 over Drainage Ditch	1966	5,000	Fair
US 59 over Drainage Ditch	1970	4,940	Fair
US 59 over West Nishnabotna River	1970	4,940	Fair
US 59 over Jensen Creek	1968	4,680	Fair
Ia 44 over West Nishnabotna River	1978	3,960	Fair
US 59 over Lyon Creek	1970	3,240	Fair