Structure 35791 · Mills County, IA

221st Street over Over Bnsf Rr

Carries 221st Street over Over Bnsf Rr, 072432209.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Deck at 6 of 9.

How ratings work
Decksets the rating6/9 · Satisfactory
Superstructure7/9 · Good
Substructure8/9 · Very Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT760 FT OVERALL100 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 6/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 7/9Substructure 8/9

760 ft end to end, longest span 115 ft: about 2.1 football fields. Lengths and the semi-truck on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a multi-beam bridge.

Built200917 years old
Length759.8 ft231.6 m
Daily traffic847counted 2022
Last inspectedMarch 2023every 24 months

Location

StateIowa
CountyMills
Location072432209
Carries221st Street
CrossesOver Bnsf Rr
Coordinates41.01688, -95.76667

Physical Characteristics

MaterialPrestressed Concrete
DesignStringer/Multi-beam
Total Length759.8 ft (231.6 m)
Max Span115.2 ft (35.1 m)
Deck Width33.1 ft (10.1 m)
Deck Area2339.2 sq m
Main Spans7
Year Built2009

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic847 (2022)
Truck Traffic11%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMarch 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number000000000035791

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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