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Entrance over Side Ditch Bridge

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

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

Entrance over Side Ditch Bridge in Fayette 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 1948, making it 77 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 10 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 97 of the 362 inventoried bridges in Fayette County rated poor (26.8%); 97 (26.8%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 26 ft
Location	094083303
NBI structure number	000000000364080
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ia 150 over Otter Creek	1979	5,400	Fair
Ia 3 & 150 over Otter Creek	1986	3,930	Fair
Ia 150 over Unnamed Creek	1928	3,290	Fair
Ia 150 over Stream	1969	3,290	Good
US 18 over Glover Creek	1976	3,110	Good
US 18 over Stream	1963	3,050	Fair