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Grant County, WI

383 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 66.1% rated Good, 29.5% Fair, 4.4% Poor.

383
Public bridges
66.1%
Good condition
4.4%
Poor condition

The verdict

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

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

Top 32%
lowest Poor share in state
4.4%
Poor-condition share
383
public highway bridges
1984
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.

Grant County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Grant County ranks #23 of 72 Wisconsin counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.4%). Grant County, Wisconsin contains 383 public highway bridges. Roughly 66.1% are rated “Good,” 29.5% “Fair,” and 4.4% “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

383

Public highway bridges in Grant County

Good condition

66.1%

253 of 383 rated 7-9

Fair condition

29.5%

113 of 383 rated 5-6

Poor condition

4.4%

17 of 383 rated 4 or below

In-state Poor-share rank

#23 of 72

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

Condition distribution

Share of 383 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.

Good
66.1% (253)
Fair
29.5% (113)
Poor
4.4% (17)

Grant County's Poor-condition bridges carry 5,024 vehicle crossings a day

That is 1.4% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.4% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 296 crossings a day against 871 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 383 of 383 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

28.5% of Grant County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

109 of the 383 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 66.1% 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 23.9% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

CTH T over WISCONSIN RIVER 03, built 1958, carries 1,200 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 17-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.

Share is of the 5,024 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.

When Grant County's bridges were built

383 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade

bridges

What this shows Construction peaked in the 1990s, when 75 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 19.6% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 25 to 34 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Wisconsin average (1984).

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

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

The 5 Wisconsin counties nearest Grant County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.4% Poor share is the 2nd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1982 is in line with the group.

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

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Grant County and the 5 Wisconsin counties closest to it in inventory size
County Bridges Poor
Grant County (this page) 383 4.4%
Monroe County 374 3.5%
Waukesha County 369 6.5%
Chippewa County 359 9.2%
Vernon County 333 7.5%
Barron County 319 5.6%

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

Similar inventory size

Nearest county inventories outside WI (383 bridges here).

Similar average build year

Nearest mean year-built outside WI (1984 here).

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

All 383 Good 253 Fair 113 Poor 17

Good-condition bridges (253)

LRD BALL LANE (DEA

Good

Over: MARTIN BRANCH

2.2M S JCT USH 18, Grant, WI

Built 2011 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 50

LRD FOREST RD

Good

Over: BLUE RIVER

0.8M S JCT STH 133, Grant, WI

Built 1976 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 153

USH 61/151 SB-STH

Good

Over: USH 61/151 NB ON RAMP (E

2.4M S JCT CTH H, Grant, WI

Built 2015 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 15,500

LRD EAGLE POINT RO

Good

Over: BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY NB

1.3 MI W. JCT USH 61, Grant, WI

Built 2016 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 240

LRD DODGE RD

Good

Over: RATTLESNAKE CREEK

1.7M W JCT STH 133, Grant, WI

Built 1986 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 102

STH 81

Good

Over: RATTLESNAKE CREEK

3.3M E JCT CTH Y, Grant, WI

Built 1999 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 840

CTH O

Good

Over: LITTLE PLATTE RIVER

2.6M W JCT USH 151, Grant, WI

Built 1995 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 600

LRD UNIVERSITY FAR

Good

Over: BR BLAKE FORK

0.1M E JCT CTH A, Grant, WI

Built 1992 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 102

LRD BADGER RD

Good

Over: LITTLE GRANT RIVER

0.8M N JCT CTH A, Grant, WI

Built 1996 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 102

LRD MILLVILLE HOLL

Good

Over: MILLVILLE CREEK

1.5M S JCT CTH C, Grant, WI

Built 1998 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 102

LRD SLABTOWN RD

Good

Over: GRANT RIVER

1.5M N JCT STH 35, Grant, WI

Built 2002 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 106

CTH D

Good

Over: USH 151

1.1M S JCT SOUTHWEST RD, Grant, WI

Built 2004 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 3,800

LRD BOICE CREEK RD

Good

Over: BOICE CREEK

3.0M W JCT USH 61, Grant, WI

Built 2003 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 78

LRD PIKE PEAK RD

Good

Over: BOICE CREEK

1.2M N JCT CTH U, Grant, WI

Built 2005 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 42

LRD S BOICE CR RD

Good

Over: BOICE CR

1.5 MI. EAST OF JCT CTH U, Grant, WI

Built 2005 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 78

LRD WILLOW BRANCH

Good

Over: WILLOW BRANCH

1.0M E JCT STH 81, Grant, WI

Built 2008 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 104

LRD MILL RD

Good

Over: BR SINSINAWA RIVER

1.2M N JCT STH 11, Grant, WI

Built 2008 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 83

LRD JIMTOWN ROAD

Good

Over: KIELER CREEK

0.5M E JCT USH 61, Grant, WI

Built 2021 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 320

CTH D

Good

Over: CROW BRANCH

1.0M S JCT CTH E, Grant, WI

Built 2009 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 275

CTH K

Good

Over: BIG GREEN RIVER

0.6M S JCT CTH T, Grant, WI

Built 2013 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 212

CTH E

Good

Over: LEGGET CREEK

2.9M W JCT CTH D, Grant, WI

Built 2018 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 480

STH 80

Good

Over: LITTLE PLATTE RIVER

8.5M N JCT STH 81 TO W, Grant, WI

Built 2012 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 3,000

LRD BIG PLATTE RD

Good

Over: PLATTE RIVER

0.8M N JCT CTH O, Grant, WI

Built 1984 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 156

LRD CEMETERY RD

Good

Over: BLAKE FORK

3.6M E JCT STH 35, Grant, WI

Built 1984 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 102

LRD BAKER FORD RD

Good

Over: PLATTE RIVER

2.7M S JCT STH 81, Grant, WI

Built 1989 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 51

LRD MILLDAM RD

Good

Over: BR PLATTE RIVER

4.7M W JCT STH 80, Grant, WI

Built 1991 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 53

USH 61/151 SB-STH

Good

Over: CTH H

2.1M S JCT CTH HH TO E, Grant, WI

Built 1994 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 7,500

LRD BLUFF STREET

Good

Over: SAUNDERS CREEK

0.4M E JCT USH 61, Grant, WI

Built 1998 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 107

STH 133

Good

Over: MILL BRANCH

3.2M N JCT CTH Y, Grant, WI

Built 1993 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 950

LRD SCHILDGEN LANE

Good

Over: BLAKE FORK

1.9M N JCT STH 35, Grant, WI

Built 1993 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 50

LRD SPRING VALLEY

Good

Over: BIG ROCK BRANCH

1.4M S JCT CTH Q, Grant, WI

Built 1994 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 102

LRD KINGSFORD RD

Good

Over: PLATTE RIVER

1.3M N JCT STH 81, Grant, WI

Built 2001 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 107

LRD LOUISBERG RD

Good

Over: SINSINAWA RIVER

2.4M W JCT STH 80, Grant, WI

Built 2003 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 106

CTH O

Good

Over: TRIB OF PLATTE RIVER

1.3M E OF USH 61, Grant, WI

Built 2009 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 535

STH 133

Good

Over: GREEN RIVER

0.6M N JCT CTH C, Grant, WI

Built 2022 Load: 42.8 t ADT: 530

USH 61/151 NB-STH

Good

Over: CTH H

5.1M N JCT STH 11 TO E, Grant, WI

Built 1993 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 7,500

LRD SNOW BOTTOM RD

Good

Over: BLUE RIVER

1.9M E JCT CTH G, Grant, WI

Built 1992 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 102

LRD HOMER ROAD

Good

Over: SAUNDERS CREEK

2.9 M E JCT CTH T, Grant, WI

Built 1998 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 107

CTH G

Good

Over: SAND BR OF BLUE RIVER

3.1M N JCT CTH Q, Grant, WI

Built 2001 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 795

USH 151 NB

Good

Over: BLOCKHOUSE CR

2.9 MI N JCT CTH HH, Grant, WI

Built 2005 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 5,550

USH 151 SB

Good

Over: BLOCKHOUSE CR

4.3 MI S JCT CTH O, Grant, WI

Built 2005 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 5,550

CTH Q

Good

Over: FENNIMORE CREEK

2.3M W JCT CTH G, Grant, WI

Built 2005 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 525

LRD SLEEPY HOLLOW

Good

Over: PLATTE RIVER

2.0M S JCT CTH E, Grant, WI

Built 2006 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 115

LRD SANDY HOLLOW R

Good

Over: SANDY CREEK

3.3M N JCT CTH A, Grant, WI

Built 2009 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 103

LRD STANEK RD

Good

Over: SIX MILE CREEK

3.7M E JCT CTH Q, Grant, WI

Built 1969 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 102

LRD BADGER ROAD EB

Good

Over: BRANCH MARTIN BRANCH

2.1M W JCT CTH K, Grant, WI

Built 2014 Load: 45.0 t ADT: 100

LRD DARK HOLLOW RD

Good

Over: MILLVILLE CREEK

3.7M S JCT CTH C, Grant, WI

Built 1991 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 102

LRD BOWERS RD

Good

Over: BLUE RIVER

1.6M E JCT CTH G, Grant, WI

Built 1996 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 102

STH 35-STH 81

Good

Over: GRANT RIVER

5.0M N JCT CTH N, Grant, WI

Built 2009 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 1,500

STH 81

Good

Over: LITTLE PLATTE RIVER

0.3M E JCT CTH D, Grant, WI

Built 2006 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 4,700

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