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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.

Total bridges

Public highway bridges in Langlade County

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.

1910s

1
1920s

2
1930s

6
1940s

2
1950s

2
1960s

9
1970s

6
1980s

12
1990s

12
2000s

12
2010s

10
2020s

4

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.

Bridge inventory size and condition shares for Langlade County and the 5 Wisconsin counties closest to it in inventory size
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.

All 78 Good 43 Fair 24 Poor 11

All bridges (78)

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Langlade County Bridge Snapshot

Condition distribution

Langlade County's Poor-condition bridges carry 6,599 vehicle crossings a day

34.6% of Langlade County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark

One structure carries 26.6% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic

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

Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year

Similar inventory size

Similar average build year

All bridges (78)

LRD BROOKSIDE RD

CTH B

LRD 8TH AVENUE

LRD MONARCH RD

LRD NORTH AVE

USH 45-STH 47-STH

LRD RANGE LINE RD

LRD HIGHLAND RD (D

LRD BLUE BELL RD

LRD CLEAR LAKE RD

CTH A

CTH Y

LRD ORMSBY RD

STH 64

CTH A

STH 64

STH 52

LRD OLD 64 (DEAD E

CTH H

STH 55

CTH H

LRD RANGE LINE RD

LRD KOSZAREK RD

STH 64

LRD VAN ALSTINE RD

LRD 4TH AVE

LRD COUNTY LINE RO

LRD 7TH AVE

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