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N 8TH Street over Indian Creek

Pottawattamie County, Iowa · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

N 8TH Street over Indian Creek in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1988, making it 37 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,786 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 288 of the 557 inventoried bridges in Pottawattamie County rated fair (51.7%); 50 (9.0%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete tee beam
Length	about 40 ft
Location	8th St over Indian Creek
NBI structure number	000000000504145
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-480 & US 6 over Missouri River & RR	1966	53,700	Fair
I-80 EB over Missouri River Rd & RR	1972	31,550	Fair
I 80 & US 6 over Little Mosquito Creek	1966	31,100	Fair
I 80 WB over Missouri Rvr Rd RR	2010	25,250	Good
I 29 SB over I-80 & I-29 Interchange	2014	23,900	Good
I-80 over Bedell Creek	1965	23,800	Fair