Iowa bridges

Congress is set to give an extra $1.1 billion to help fix the backlog of structurally deficient bridges in the 2023 omnibus spending package.

Congress giving $1.1 billion to fix 46,000 broken bridges

Engineers pioneering quick fixes for Iowa’s crumbling rural bridges

Iowa has the worst bridges in the country, with more than half of them rated in either fair or poor condition, and more funding is needed for repairs.

Iowa’s rural bridges crumbling faster than can be repaired

The struggle to rebuild Iowa’s crumbling bridges

Iowa's bridges are bad and many are crumbling. Iowa has the seventh most bridges in the nation but most are structurally deficient.

What’s behind Iowa’s crumbling bridges?