Total bridges
289
Public highway bridges in Grundy County
County profile · official public datasets
Grundy County, IA
289 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 42.6% rated Good, 32.9% Fair, 24.6% Poor.
- 289
- Public bridges
- 42.6%
- Good condition
- 24.6%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Grundy County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- 65th
- of 99 on Poor share
- 24.6%
- Poor-condition share
- 289
- public highway bridges
- 1983
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Grundy County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Grundy County ranks #65 of 99 Iowa counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 24.6%). Grundy County, Iowa contains 289 public highway bridges. Roughly 42.6% are rated “Good,” 32.9% “Fair,” and 24.6% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.
Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.
Good condition
42.6%
123 of 289 rated 7-9
Fair condition
32.9%
95 of 289 rated 5-6
Poor condition
24.6%
71 of 289 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#65 of 99
Among Iowa counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 289 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 42.6% (123)
Fair 32.9% (95)
Poor 24.6% (71)
Grundy County's Poor-condition bridges carry 15,133 vehicle crossings a day
That is 7.1% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 24.6% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 213 crossings a day against 1,229 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 289 of 289 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
32.5% of Grundy County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
94 of the 289 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 42.6% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 21.3% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
IA 14 over BLACK HAWK CREEK, built 1931, carries 3,230 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 71-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 15,133 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Grundy County's bridges were built
289 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1900s 2
1900–1909
2 bridges
- 1910s 3
1910–1919
3 bridges
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1930s 2
1930–1939
2 bridges
- 1940s 5
1940–1949
5 bridges
- 1950s
1950–1959
32 bridges
- 1960s 25
1960–1969
25 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
69 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
38 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
32 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
47 bridges
- 2010s 25
2010–2019
25 bridges
- 2020s 8
2020–2029
8 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 69 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 23.9% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1983) matches the Iowa average (1979).
How Grundy County compares with Iowa's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Iowa counties nearest Grundy County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 24.6% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1983 against a peer-group mean of 1978 is 5 years newer.
Showing the 5 closest of 98 Iowa counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Story County | 296 | 33.1% | 53% | 13.9% | 1968 |
| Cass County | 295 | 25.4% | 41% | 33.6% | 1976 |
| Delaware County | 293 | 39.2% | 53.9% | 6.8% | 1981 |
| Scott County | 291 | 34.7% | 55% | 10.3% | 1980 |
| Butler County | 289 | 58.1% | 26.6% | 15.2% | 1985 |
| Grundy County (this page) | 289 | 42.6% | 32.9% | 24.6% | 1983 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Grundy County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Grundy County, both outside Iowa so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside IA (289 bridges here).
- Union County, AR · 289 bridges
- McKinley County, NM · 289 bridges
- Knox County, IN · 290 bridges
- Putnam County, IN · 290 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside IA (1983 here).
- Dallas County, TX · avg 1983 · 3,230 bridges
- Bexar County, TX · avg 1983 · 2,342 bridges
- Sedgwick County, KS · avg 1983 · 1,333 bridges
- Will County, IL · avg 1983 · 649 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (289)
T-53 (S AVE)
GoodOver: US 20
2.0 mi. W of SR T55, Grundy, IA
Built 1999 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 33
L AVENUE
GoodOver: US 20
2.0 MILES W OF JCT IA 14, Grundy, IA
Built 2003 Load: 43.6 t ADT: 26
J AVENUE
GoodOver: US 20
4.0 MILES W OF JCT IA 14, Grundy, IA
Built 2003 Load: 43.6 t ADT: 49
US 20 EB
GoodOver: LOCAL STREAM
0.1 MILE WEST JCT. SR T55, Grundy, IA
Built 1999 Load: 44.3 t ADT: 6,500
D AVENUE
GoodOver: US 20
2.0 MILES W OF JCT SR T19, Grundy, IA
Built 2003 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 69
LOCAL ROAD
GoodOver: BRANCH BLACK HAWK CREEK
088151102, Grundy, IA
Built 2006 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 49
FM
GoodOver: BLACK HAWK CREEK
088152401, Grundy, IA
Built 1998 Load: 44.7 t ADT: 108
LOCAL ROAD
GoodOver: WOLF CREEK
086182601, Grundy, IA
Built 2001 Load: 45.7 t ADT: 59
IA 14
GoodOver: N. BLACKHAWK CREEK
1.2 MILES S OF JCT. US 20, Grundy, IA
Built 2006 Load: 46.9 t ADT: 4,770
LOCAL ROAD
GoodOver: RK BEAVER CREEK
088180602, Grundy, IA
Built 2002 Load: 48.2 t ADT: 59
D35 215TH ST
GoodOver: BLACKHAWK CREEK BRANCH
088153403, Grundy, IA
Built 2021 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 903
US 20
GoodOver: STREAM
2.0 MILES EAST OF SR T55, Grundy, IA
Built 1999 Load: 49.6 t ADT: 14,500
LOCAL RD
GoodOver: BLACK HAWK CREEK
088161402, Grundy, IA
Built 2007 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 29
LOCAL
GoodOver: BLACKHAWK CREEK BRANCH
089153102, Grundy, IA
Built 2004 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 49
LOCAL ROAD
GoodOver: MIDDLE FORK BEAVER CREEK
089182801, Grundy, IA
Built 2006 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 59
IA 57
GoodOver: HAMMERS CREEK
3.4 MI. E OF E JCT SR T55, Grundy, IA
Built 1986 Load: 50.8 t ADT: 2,530
FM
GoodOver: FORK BEAVER CREEK
089182702, Grundy, IA
Built 2004 Load: 52.9 t ADT: 108
US 20
GoodOver: STREAM
0.3 MILES E OF JCT IA 14, Grundy, IA
Built 1999 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 8,800
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: DOWD CREEK
086181601, Grundy, IA
Built 1977 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 15
LOCAL
PoorOver: BRANCH BLACKHAWK CREEK
087170303, Grundy, IA
Built 1955 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 33
FM
PoorOver: BLACKHAWK CREEK BRANCH
087171302, Grundy, IA
Built 1965 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 275
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: BRANCH OF WOLF CREEK
087173502, Grundy, IA
Built 1953 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 15
LOCAL
PoorOver: BRANCH OF BLACKHAWK CRK
088173102, Grundy, IA
Built 1976 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 71
FM
PoorOver: BRANCH BEAVER CREEK
089150302, Grundy, IA
Built 1968 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 619
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: BEAVER CREEK
089172801, Grundy, IA
Built 1948 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 11
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: MIDDLE FORK BEAVER CREEK
089181801, Grundy, IA
Built 1952 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 99
LOCAL RD
PoorOver: BLACK HAWK CREEK
088161602, Grundy, IA
Built 1971 Load: 3.8 t ADT: 11
LOCAL
PoorOver: BRANCH OF BEAVER CREEK
089170602, Grundy, IA
Built 1953 Load: 4.1 t ADT: 40
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: BEAVER CREEK
089170205, Grundy, IA
Built 1978 Load: 4.1 t ADT: 20
LOCAL
PoorOver: DOWD CREEK
086182002, Grundy, IA
Built 1955 Load: 4.2 t ADT: 59
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: BRANCH BLACK HAWK CREEK
087160203, Grundy, IA
Built 1971 Load: 4.3 t ADT: 26
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: BRANCH BEAVER CREEK
089150801, Grundy, IA
Built 1975 Load: 5.2 t ADT: 100
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: BRANCH BLACK HAWK CREEK
087160403, Grundy, IA
Built 1971 Load: 7.3 t ADT: 33
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: CREEK
086180601, Grundy, IA
Built 1974 Load: 7.6 t ADT: 29
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: SOUTH FORK BEAVER CREEK
088180101, Grundy, IA
Built 1948 Load: 8.2 t ADT: 44
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: BRANCH BLACK HAWK CREEK
088151802, Grundy, IA
Built 1971 Load: 10.0 t ADT: 29
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: BRANCH BLACK HAWK CREEK
088152302, Grundy, IA
Built 1977 Load: 11.6 t ADT: 30
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: CREEK
089150501, Grundy, IA
Built 1981 Load: 13.4 t ADT: 33
LOCAL
PoorOver: SMALL
088152102, Grundy, IA
Built 1978 Load: 14.3 t ADT: 11
LOCAL
PoorOver: BLACK HAWK CREEK
088171101, Grundy, IA
Built 1977 Load: 15.0 t ADT: 70
LOCAL
PoorOver: BRANCH WOLF CREEK
086171101, Grundy, IA
Built 1915 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 44
LOCAL
PoorOver: BRANCH BEAVER CREEK
089170902, Grundy, IA
Built 1971 Load: 15.2 t ADT: 29
LOCAL
PoorOver: BRANCH WOLF CREEK
086171201, Grundy, IA
Built 1956 Load: 15.4 t ADT: 30
FM
PoorOver: BEAVER CREEK BRANCH
089182001, Grundy, IA
Built 1954 Load: 15.7 t ADT: 79
FM
PoorOver: DOWD CREEK BRANCH
086182101, Grundy, IA
Built 1966 Load: 16.4 t ADT: 187
FM
PoorOver: BLACKHAWK CREEK BRANCH
088162001, Grundy, IA
Built 1956 Load: 16.6 t ADT: 177
LOCAL ROAD
PoorOver: WOLF CREEK
086180202, Grundy, IA
Built 1970 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 11
LOCAL
PoorOver: BR BEAVER CREEK
089172802, Grundy, IA
Built 1979 Load: 16.7 t ADT: 15
LOCAL
PoorOver: BRANCH WOLF CREEK
086181303, Grundy, IA
Built 1914 Load: 17.0 t ADT: 5
IA 14
PoorOver: BLACK HAWK CREEK
1.5 MI. S OF S JCT SR D35, Grundy, IA
Built 1931 Load: 17.2 t ADT: 3,230
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