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Local over Village Creek

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

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

Local over Village Creek in Wapello 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 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2000, making it 25 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 30 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 25 of the 190 inventoried bridges in Wapello County rated poor (13.2%); 25 (13.2%) 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 60 ft
Location	071141302
NBI structure number	000000000330631
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ia 149 over Dm River Streets BNSF RR	1964	18,200	Fair
US 34 & 63 over Des Moines River	2013	14,300	Good
US 63 over Brown Creek	1988	10,100	Fair
US 63 NB over Stream	1988	10,100	Fair
US 34 over Drainage Ditch	2005	9,600	Good
Albia Rd over Kettle Creek	1995	9,480	Good