Buena Vista County, IA

140 public highway bridges

Buena Vista County Bridge Snapshot

Buena Vista County, Iowa contains 140 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 37.1% are rated “Good,” 29.3% “Fair,” 33.6% “Poor,” and 33.6% are classified as structurally deficient — the federal designation for spans whose deck, superstructure, or substructure has been rated 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. Structurally deficient does not mean unsafe to cross; it means the bridge is on the priority list for repair or replacement.

Inspections in IA are conducted by certified engineers from the state Department of Transportation on a 24-month cycle, and results are reported back to the FHWA each spring. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county, sorted by inventory load rating. Use the “Sort by” controls to surface the lowest-rated spans first, and click any row for full inspection history, traffic counts, and condition trends.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

140
Total Bridges
37.1%
Good
33.6%
Poor
33.6%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
37.1% (52)
Fair
29.3% (41)
Poor
33.6% (47)
SD
33.6% (47)

All Bridges (140)

LOCAL

Poor

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

092371202, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1971 Load: 13.1 t ADT: 34

520TH ST

Poor

Over: BR RACCOON RIVER

092352701, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1931 Load: 13.7 t ADT: 20

LOCAL

Poor

Over: CREEK

090373002, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1972 Load: 14.1 t ADT: 15

LOCAL

Poor

Over: BR LITTLE SIOUX RIVER

092382501, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1922 Load: 14.9 t ADT: 20

FM

Poor

Over: CREEK

092363402, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1964 Load: 15.9 t ADT: 339

LOCAL

Poor

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

092353202, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1977 Load: 16.1 t ADT: 50

LOCAL

Poor

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

091372402, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1971 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 100

LOCAL

Poor

Over: BR RACCOON RIVER

091361102, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1917 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 40

LOCAL

Poor

Over: BR RACCOON RIVER

092361702, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1920 Load: 17.1 t ADT: 20

LOCAL

Poor

Over: BROOKS CREEK

092381101, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1924 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 11

LOCAL

Poor

Over: BR RACCOON RIVER

091361602, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1925 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 20

LOCAL

Poor

Over: BROOKS CREEK

092373102, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1918 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 30

LOCAL

Poor

Over: BR RACCOON RIVER

093362504, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1971 Load: 21.2 t ADT: 30

LOCAL

Poor

Over: STREAM

091381701, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1915 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 15

LOCAL

Poor

Over: STREAM

093363405, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1900 Load: 23.4 t ADT: 11

FM

Poor

Over: BRANCH LITTLE SIOUX RVR

093382601, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1967 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 120

FM

Poor

Over: MAPLE RIVER

090382002, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1964 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 450

LOCAL

Poor

Over: STREAM

093372901, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1973 Load: 28.2 t ADT: 20

FM

Poor

Over: RACCOON RIVER

091363601, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1976 Load: 28.6 t ADT: 1,228

FM

Poor

Over: SMALL

090381901, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1978 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 390

FM

Poor

Over: CREEK

091380502, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1970 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 469

LOCAL

Poor

Over: BRANCH OF MAPLE

091380801, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1978 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 30

FM

Poor

Over: CREEK

092362201, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1976 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 249

FM

Poor

Over: BROOKS CREEK

092380101, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1974 Load: 33.0 t ADT: 100

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: BOYER CREEK

090362801, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1978 ADT: 30

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: CREEK

090373101, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1969 ADT: 50

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: MAPLE RIVER

090381504, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1914 ADT: 15

FM

Structurally Deficient

Over: STREAM

091361901, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1973 ADT: 60

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: BR RACCOON RIVER

092351002, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1971 ADT: 20

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: BR LITTLE SIOUX RIVER

093371802, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1971 ADT: 30

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: STREAM

093373201, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1973 ADT: 5

FM

Structurally Deficient

Over: BR LITTLE SIOUX RIVER

093381005, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1960 ADT: 26

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: DRAINAGE DITCH

090381801, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1971 Load: 4.8 t ADT: 30

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: RACCOON RIVER

090360101, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1914 Load: 5.4 t ADT: 26

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: RACCOON RIVER

091361503, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1933 Load: 8.1 t ADT: 34

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: BR RACCOON RIVER

091361001, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1923 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 20

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: BR RACCOON RIVER

090360202, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1972 Load: 8.9 t ADT: 15

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: BR RACCOON RIVER

092362704, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1928 Load: 10.4 t ADT: 11

LOCAL

Structurally Deficient

Over: BR LITTLE SIOUX RIVER

093382302, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1921 Load: 14.1 t ADT: 11

FM

Structurally Deficient

Over: BROOKS CREEK

091370802, Buena Vista, IA

Built 1966 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 509

Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges Editorial