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550TH Ave over Ballard Creek

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

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

550TH Ave over Ballard Creek in Story 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1950 and reconstructed in 2005, making it 75 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 110 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 160 of the 302 inventoried bridges in Story County rated fair (53.0%); 40 (13.2%) 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 64 ft
Location	082231909
NBI structure number	000000000314140
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-35 over Ballard Creek	1964	48,300	Fair
I-35 over Walnut Creek	1964	48,300	Fair
I 35 over South Skunk Rvr Overflow	2017	48,300	Good
I-35 over Drainage Ditch	1967	28,300	Good
US 69 over Ioway Creek	1924	24,600	Good
NB I-35 over Bike Path	1964	24,150	Fair