Local Road over Turkey River

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

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

• Local Road over Turkey River in Winneshiek 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 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 33 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
• Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
• It is one of 57 of the 342 inventoried bridges in Winneshiek County rated poor (16.7%); 57 (16.7%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is closed to all traffic (NBI item 41).
• Its condition class and component ratings are unchanged from the 2024 inventory.
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated March 2022, on a 12-month routine inspection cycle.
• It has fracture-critical members (NBI item 92A): steel tension members without a redundant load path, which get their own scheduled inspections.
• 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.

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

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