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Crawford County, WI

211 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 56.4% rated Good, 38.4% Fair, 5.2% Poor.

211
Public bridges
56.4%
Good condition
5.2%
Poor condition

The verdict

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.

Crawford County posts a better-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.

Top 38%
lowest Poor share in state
5.2%
Poor-condition share
211
public highway bridges
1987
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.

Crawford County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Crawford County ranks #27 of 72 Wisconsin counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 5.2%). Crawford County, Wisconsin contains 211 public highway bridges. Roughly 56.4% are rated “Good,” 38.4% “Fair,” and 5.2% “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.

Total bridges

211

Public highway bridges in Crawford County

Good condition

56.4%

119 of 211 rated 7-9

Fair condition

38.4%

81 of 211 rated 5-6

Poor condition

5.2%

11 of 211 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#27 of 72

Among Wisconsin counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better

Condition distribution

Share of 211 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
56.4% (119)
Fair
38.4% (81)
Poor
5.2% (11)

Crawford County's Poor-condition bridges carry 15,965 vehicle crossings a day

That is 7.9% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 5.2% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry more traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 1,451 crossings a day against 680 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 211 of 211 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

22.3% of Crawford County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

47 of the 211 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 56.4% 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 32.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

STH 35 over CAMPBELL COULEE, built 1938, carries 5,200 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 11-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 15,965 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Crawford County's bridges were built

211 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 57 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 27% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1987) matches the Wisconsin average (1984).

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory (year built) As of 2024 NBI release

How Crawford County compares with Wisconsin's closest counties by inventory size

The 5 Wisconsin counties nearest Crawford County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 5.2% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1987 against a peer-group mean of 1981 is 6 years newer.

Showing the 5 closest of 71 Wisconsin counties eligible for comparison.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Crawford County and the 5 Wisconsin counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Jackson County 218 7.8%
Lafayette County 217 8.3%
Dodge County 212 4.2%
Crawford County (this page) 211 5.2%
Iowa County 209 5.7%
Walworth County 206 3.9%

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 Crawford 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 Crawford County, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside WI (211 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside WI (1987 here).

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.

All 211 Good 119 Fair 81 Poor 11

All bridges (211)

STH 35

Fair

Over: RUSH CREEK

1.3M N JCT CTH B, Crawford, WI

Built 1992 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 2,500

LRD PLUM CREEK RD

Fair

Over: PLUM CREEK

2.7M N JCT CTH N, Crawford, WI

Built 1990 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 90

LRD BOUSKA RD

Fair

Over: BR GRAN GRAE CREEK

2.9M E JCT STH 27, Crawford, WI

Built 1993 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 44

CTH B

Fair

Over: TAINTER CREEK

2.6M S JCT CTH C, Crawford, WI

Built 1996 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 427

LRD GRAN GRAE RD

Fair

Over: GRAN GRAE CREEK

3.4M E JCT STH 27, Crawford, WI

Built 1998 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 1

CTH S

Fair

Over: W BR KNAPP CR

2 MI EAST OF USH 61, Crawford, WI

Built 2011 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 195

CTH U

Fair

Over: KNAPP CREEK

0.3M N JCT CTH KK, Crawford, WI

Built 1979 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 43

STH 35

Fair

Over: PICATEE CREEK

1.2M N JCT CTH N, Crawford, WI

Built 1986 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 2,500

STH 35

Fair

Over: MORGAN HOLLOW CREEK

0.1M N JCT CTH F, Crawford, WI

Built 1986 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 2,300

CTH U

Fair

Over: KNAPP CREEK

1.1M N JCT CTH KK, Crawford, WI

Built 1993 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 43

STH 35-MAIN ST

Fair

Over: SUGAR CREEK

1.7M N JCT STH 171, Crawford, WI

Built 1992 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 2,400

CTH B

Fair

Over: TAINTER CREEK

0.3M N JCT CTH C, Crawford, WI

Built 1991 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 262

LRD LONELY VALLEY

Fair

Over: BR RICHLAND CREEK

2.3M W JCT USH 61, Crawford, WI

Built 1994 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 20

CTH C

Fair

Over: TAINTER CREEK

0.2M E JCT CTH B, Crawford, WI

Built 1979 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 208

STH 35

Fair

Over: LEITNER HOLLOW CREEK

4.0M N JCT CTH D, Crawford, WI

Built 1986 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 2,300

LRD JONES ROAD

Fair

Over: JONES VALLEY CREEK

TOWN OF UTICA, Crawford, WI

Built 1998 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 21

LRD BROWN HOLLOW R

Fair

Over: BROWN HOLLOW CREEK

0.8M N JCT STH 60, Crawford, WI

Built 1989 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 22

LRD MILL RD

Fair

Over: PLUM CREEK

1.2M N JCT CTH N, Crawford, WI

Built 1992 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 22

LRD GRAN GRAE RD

Fair

Over: GRAN GRAE CREEK

3.0M E JCT STH 27, Crawford, WI

Built 1987 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 23

STH 35

Fair

Over: BUCK CREEK

0.9M N JCT STH 171, Crawford, WI

Built 1992 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 2,400

CTH C

Fair

Over: BR CONWAY VALLEY CREEK

0.9M W JCT CTH B, Crawford, WI

Built 1996 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 284

LRD RUTTER HILL RD

Fair

Over: RUSH CREEK

4.7M N JCT STH 35, Crawford, WI

Built 1996 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 40

STH 131

Fair

Over: NORTH STAR HOLLOW CREEK

1.6M N JCT CTH E, Crawford, WI

Built 1940 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 210

STH 60

Fair

Over: LITTLE KICKAPOO RIVER

8.6M E JCT USH 18 TO E, Crawford, WI

Built 1982 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 2,000

STH 35

Fair

Over: MILL COULEE

0.3M N JCT CTH K, Crawford, WI

Built 1938 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 2,900

USH 61

Fair

Over: RICHLAND CREEK

4.0M N JCT STH 60 TO E, Crawford, WI

Built 1958 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 2,700

LRD SPENCER HILL R

Fair

Over: RICHLAND CREEK

0.2M W JCT USH 61, Crawford, WI

Built 2000 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 80

CTH D

Fair

Over: DU CHARME CREEK

0.1M E JCT STH 35, Crawford, WI

Built 1986 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 219

STH 35

Fair

Over: KETTLE CREEK

2.2M N JCT CTH E, Crawford, WI

Built 1992 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 2,300

STH 60

Fair

Over: DRY RUN

6.5M E JCT STH 131, Crawford, WI

Built 2001 Load: 59.9 t ADT: 2,100

CTH W

Fair

Over: GOBIN HOLLOW CREEK

3.2 M N JCT STH 60, Crawford, WI

Built 1995 Load: 68.0 t ADT: 197

CTH S

Good

Over: KICKAPOO RIVER

0.3M W JCT STH 131, Crawford, WI

Built 1958 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 230

LRD MOROVITS HOLLO

Good

Over: PINE CREEK

0.3M S JCT STH 179, Crawford, WI

Built 1985 Load: 22.7 t ADT: 46

LRD 2ND ST

Good

Over: BR SAND CREEK (DRY RUN)

0.2M N JCT STH 131, Crawford, WI

Built 1978 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 352

STH 60

Good

Over: KICKAPOO RIVER

1.9M E JCT CTH N, Crawford, WI

Built 1983 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 2,100

STH 27

Good

Over: BR HUNTER CHANNEL

0.5M N JCT STH 35, Crawford, WI

Built 1954 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 2,000

STH 82

Good

Over: BIG SLOUGH

0.1M E IOWA STATE LINE, Crawford, WI

Built 1956 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 2,500

STH 60

Good

Over: TUCKER HOLLOW RUN

1.9M E JCT USH 18 TO E, Crawford, WI

Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,000

STH 35

Good

Over: HOBBS HOLLOW CREEK

3.2M N JCT CTH E, Crawford, WI

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,300

LRD DOG HOLLOW RD.

Good

Over: RUSH CREEK

1.0M N JCT CTH B, Crawford, WI

Built 2000 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 21

LRD OLD STH 60

Good

Over: WISCONSIN RIVER TRIB

0.4M E JCT STH 60, Crawford, WI

Built 1992 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 47

STH 131

Good

Over: SMITH HOLLOW CREEK

0.4M N JCT CTH X, Crawford, WI

Built 1998 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,200

STH 35

Good

Over: LIMERY COULEE CREEK

2.5M N JCT STH 27, Crawford, WI

Built 2000 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,900

LRD CITRON WEST RO

Good

Over: DRY RUN CREEK

1.2M E OF CTH E, Crawford, WI

Built 2006 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1

LRD WARREN ROAD (D

Good

Over: CONWAY VALLEY CREEK

0.1M S JCT LATHAM RD, Crawford, WI

Built 2008 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 5

USH 18/STH 35/STH

Good

Over: DRAINAGE CHANNEL

2 M E JCT USH 18, Crawford, WI

Built 2016 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 6,600

LRD LITTLE HANEY R

Good

Over: HALLS BRANCH

0.2M S JCT CTH S, Crawford, WI

Built 1988 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 94

STH 35

Good

Over: DU CHARME CREEK

0.1M N JCT CTH D, Crawford, WI

Built 1986 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 2,400

LRD COOLEY CREEK R

Good

Over: BR COOLEY CREEK

4.6M N JCT STH 35, Crawford, WI

Built 1986 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 28

LRD VINEYARD RD

Good

Over: VINEYARD COULEE CREEK

1.6M N JCT USH 18, Crawford, WI

Built 1991 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 136

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