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Local over Platte Branch

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

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

Local over Platte Branch in Taylor County, Iowa, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 0 (failed condition, out of service) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1942 and reconstructed in 1976, making it 83 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 81 of the 220 inventoried bridges in Taylor County rated poor (36.8%); 81 (36.8%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Deck	0	Failed condition, out of service
Superstructure	0	Failed condition, out of service
Substructure	0	Failed condition, out of service


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 40 ft
Location	068321403
NBI structure number	000000000321600
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ia 2 over Stream	1978	1,450	Good
Ia 2 over Honey Creek	1976	1,390	Good
Ia 2 over West 102 River	1977	1,350	Good
Ia 2 over Middle 102 River	1977	1,350	Fair
Ia 148 over W.fork 102 River	1961	1,200	Fair
Ia 2 over East 102 River	1978	1,130	Fair