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Local over Stream

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

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

Local over Stream in Union 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 1900 and reconstructed in 2011, making it 125 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 55 of the 172 inventoried bridges in Union County rated poor (32.0%); 55 (32.0%) 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 40 ft
Location	073280713
NBI structure number	000000000326290
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 34 over Br. East Platte River	1971	4,890	Fair
US 34 over over BNSF RR	1971	4,890	Fair
US 34 over Twelve Mile Creek	1971	4,890	Fair
US 34 over Twelve Mile Creek	1971	4,890	Fair
Ia 25 over Stream	1976	4,870	Fair
US 169 over BNSF RR	1980	3,870	Good