Total bridges
78
Public highway bridges in Langlade County
County profile · official public datasets
Langlade County, WI
78 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 55.1% rated Good, 30.8% Fair, 14.1% Poor.
- 78
- Public bridges
- 55.1%
- Good condition
- 14.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Langlade County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 69th
- of 72 on Poor share
- 14.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 78
- 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.
Langlade County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Langlade County ranks #69 of 72 Wisconsin counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 14.1%). Langlade County, Wisconsin contains 78 public highway bridges. Roughly 55.1% are rated “Good,” 30.8% “Fair,” and 14.1% “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
55.1%
43 of 78 rated 7-9
Fair condition
30.8%
24 of 78 rated 5-6
Poor condition
14.1%
11 of 78 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#69 of 72
Among Wisconsin counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 78 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 55.1% (43)
Fair 30.8% (24)
Poor 14.1% (11)
Langlade County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,599 vehicle crossings a day
That is 7.5% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 14.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 600 crossings a day against 1,068 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 78 of 78 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
34.6% of Langlade County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
27 of the 78 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 55.1% 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 26.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
LRD 4TH AVE over SPRING BROOK, built 1936, carries 1,754 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 6,599 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Langlade County's bridges were built
78 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 1
1910–1919
1 bridges
- 1920s 2
1920–1929
2 bridges
- 1930s
1930–1939
6 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1950s 2
1950–1959
2 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
9 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
6 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
12 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
12 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
12 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
10 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 12 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 15.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Wisconsin average (1984).
How Langlade County compares with Wisconsin's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Wisconsin counties nearest Langlade County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 14.1% Poor share is the 5th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1985 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 71 Wisconsin counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kewaunee County | 93 | 47.3% | 47.3% | 5.4% | 1988 |
| Ashland County | 84 | 52.4% | 40.5% | 7.1% | 1983 |
| Marquette County | 81 | 53.1% | 43.2% | 3.7% | 1988 |
| Langlade County (this page) | 78 | 55.1% | 30.8% | 14.1% | 1984 |
| Polk County | 73 | 30.1% | 52.1% | 17.8% | 1983 |
| Burnett County | 67 | 44.8% | 49.3% | 6% | 1985 |
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 Langlade 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 Langlade County, both outside Wisconsin so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside WI (78 bridges here).
- Winston County, AL · 78 bridges
- Marion County, FL · 78 bridges
- Bryan County, GA · 78 bridges
- Macon County, GA · 78 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside WI (1984 here).
- Hennepin County, MN · avg 1984 · 936 bridges
- Duval County, FL · avg 1984 · 831 bridges
- El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
- Bell County, TX · avg 1984 · 660 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (24)
LRD GOWAN RD
FairOver: SPRING BROOK
0.3M N JCT CTH Y, Langlade, WI
Built 1966 Load: 19.4 t ADT: 246
LRD STAMPER RD
FairOver: EVERGREEN CREEK
2.6M S JCT STH 64, Langlade, WI
Built 1930 Load: 21.1 t ADT: 221
LRD 1ST.AVE
FairOver: N BR PINE RIVER
1.9M W JCT CTH H, Langlade, WI
Built 1940 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 53
LRD WATSON ST
FairOver: SPRING BROOK
0.1M N JCT STH 52, Langlade, WI
Built 1939 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 412
CTH I
FairOver: E BR EAU CLAIRE RIVER
0.7M E JCT CTH H, Langlade, WI
Built 1960 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 165
LRD CHURCH RD (DEA
FairOver: E BR EAU CLAIRE RIVER
0.3M N JCT CTH C, Langlade, WI
Built 1963 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 5
LRD BLUE BELL RD
FairOver: E BR EAU CLAIRE RIVER
2.1M E JCT CTH H, Langlade, WI
Built 1970 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 245
CTH C
FairOver: E BR EAU CLAIRE RIVER
0.3M E JCT CTH B, Langlade, WI
Built 1982 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 496
LRD 2ND AVE
FairOver: SPRING BROOK
0.1M W JCT STH 52, Langlade, WI
Built 1966 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,801
STH 52-STH 55
FairOver: LILY RIVER
0.1M E JCT STH 55 TO N, Langlade, WI
Built 1951 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 510
USH 45
FairOver: DRAINAGE WAY
.45M S CTH X, Langlade, WI
Built 1953 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 10,680
CTH K
FairOver: SWAMP CREEK
1.2M E JCT CTH Z, Langlade, WI
Built 2007 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 528
LRD HUDSON ST
FairOver: SPRING BROOK
0.1M N JCT STH 52, Langlade, WI
Built 1939 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 621
STH 64
FairOver: W BR EAU CLAIRE RIVER
10.2M E JCT CTH X TO S, Langlade, WI
Built 1965 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 2,000
LRD SPRING ROAD
FairOver: W BR EAU CLAIRE RIVER
2.4M W JCT CTH H, Langlade, WI
Built 1986 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 146
LRD NORTH DORR ST
FairOver: SPRING BROOK
0.3M N JCT CTH Y, Langlade, WI
Built 1991 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 872
LRD 10TH AVE
FairOver: SPRING BROOK
CITY OF ANTIGO, Langlade, WI
Built 1996 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 4,786
LRD 5TH ST
FairOver: SPRING BROOK
0.1M E JCT USH 45 TO N, Langlade, WI
Built 1973 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 8,486
CTH G
FairOver: SPRING BROOK
0.2M E JCT CTH X, Langlade, WI
Built 1987 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 813
CTH T
FairOver: HUNTING RIVER
0.2M W JCT CTH U, Langlade, WI
Built 1989 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 150
CTH K
FairOver: WOLF RIVER
0.7M W JCT CTH Z, Langlade, WI
Built 1990 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 1,448
CTH C
FairOver: W BR EAU CLAIRE RIVER
0.1M W JCT CTH H, Langlade, WI
Built 1938 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 720
LRD SPRING RD
FairOver: E BR EAU CLAIRE RIVER
1.5M W JCT CTH H, Langlade, WI
Built 1995 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 132
CTH I
FairOver: W BR EAU CLAIRE RIVER
1.3M W JCT CTH H, Langlade, WI
Built 1993 Load: 40.5 t ADT: 186
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