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Local over Small Stream

Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 1976, making it 49 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 26 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 49 of the 155 inventoried bridges in Van Buren County rated poor (31.6%); 49 (31.6%) 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 30 ft
Location	069091501
NBI structure number	000000000328481
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ia 1 & Ia 16 over Little Lick Creek	1967	2,320	Fair
Ia 1 over Des Moines River	2007	2,270	Good
Ia 2 over Des Moines River	2012	1,440	Good
Ia 2 over Rock Creek	1925	1,340	Fair
Ia 2 over Stream	1960	1,330	Fair
Ia 2 over White Oak Creek	1925	1,320	Fair