Vilas County, WI

29 public highway bridges

Vilas County Bridge Snapshot

Vilas County, Wisconsin contains 29 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 55.2% are rated “Good,” 34.5% “Fair,” 10.3% “Poor,” and 10.3% are classified as structurally deficient — the federal designation for spans whose deck, superstructure, or substructure has been rated 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. Structurally deficient does not mean unsafe to cross; it means the bridge is on the priority list for repair or replacement.

Inspections in WI are conducted by certified engineers from the state Department of Transportation on a 24-month cycle, and results are reported back to the FHWA each spring. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county, sorted by inventory load rating. Use the “Sort by” controls to surface the lowest-rated spans first, and click any row for full inspection history, traffic counts, and condition trends.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

29
Total Bridges
55.2%
Good
10.3%
Poor
10.3%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
55.2% (16)
Fair
34.5% (10)
Poor
10.3% (3)
SD
10.3% (3)

All Bridges (29)

LRD IRR (INDIAN RO

Fair

Over: FLAMBEAU LAKE OUTLET

5.0M N JCT STH 70, Vilas, WI

Built 1935 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 253

CTH B

Fair

Over: HELEN CREEK

1.7M N JCT CTH Z, Vilas, WI

Built 1941 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 1,085

USH 51

Fair

Over: MANITOWISH RIVER

1.2M N JCT CTH W, Vilas, WI

Built 1956 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,400

LRD RANGE LINE RD

Fair

Over: DEERSKIN RIVER

2.3M N JCT STH 70, Vilas, WI

Built 1984 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,161

STH 70

Fair

Over: WISCONSIN RIVER 53

6.6M E JCT CTH O, Vilas, WI

Built 1993 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 5,700

USH 51

Fair

Over: SPIDER LAKE

5.0M N JCT CTH H, Vilas, WI

Built 1998 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 3,800

USH 45-STH 17-STH

Fair

Over: EAGLE RIVER

0.2M N JCT STH 70 TO W, Vilas, WI

Built 2000 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 14,000

LRD IRR (INDIAN VI

Fair

Over: BEAR RIVER

4.8M N JCT STH 70, Vilas, WI

Built 1979 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 60

STH 70

Fair

Over: LINK CREEK

2.6M E JCT USH 51, Vilas, WI

Built 1988 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 4,500

STH 70

Fair

Over: SAINT GERMAIN RIVER

0.8M E JCT CTH C, Vilas, WI

Built 1968 Load: 58.3 t ADT: 3,900

STH 70

Good

Over: CATFISH LAKE

2.4M E JCT USH 45 TO S, Vilas, WI

Built 1978 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 8,400

STH 17-STH 70

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

0.1M N JCT STH 70 TO W, Vilas, WI

Built 1981 Load: 30.8 t ADT: 9,500

STH 70

Good

Over: SQUAW CREEK

22.2M E JCT STH 13, Vilas, WI

Built 1980 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 2,100

USH 45

Good

Over: PIONEER CREEK

AT PIONEER CREEK, Vilas, WI

Built 2009 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 3,600

LRD CLEAR LAKE RD

Good

Over: CLEAR LAKE

1.0M S JCT CTH K, Vilas, WI

Built 1990 Load: 34.0 t ADT: 310

USH 51 NB

Good

Over: TROUT R

1.9M N CTH N, Vilas, WI

Built 2022 Load: 35.0 t ADT: 3,900

CTH G

Good

Over: WISCONSIN RIVER

0.3 MI W. OF JCT 45, Vilas, WI

Built 2004 Load: 35.6 t ADT: 2,180

LRD RUMMEL RD

Good

Over: WISCONSIN RIVER 57

1.2M W JCT USH 45, Vilas, WI

Built 2020 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 238

CTH N

Good

Over: PLUM CREEK

1.2M W JCT STH 155, Vilas, WI

Built 2022 Load: 37.3 t ADT: 1,624

CTH K

Good

Over: WISCONSIN RIVER

0.2M W JCT USH 45, Vilas, WI

Built 2021 Load: 37.9 t ADT: 1,561

USH 45-STH 32

Good

Over: WISCONSIN RIVER 57

0.9M N JCT CTH E, Vilas, WI

Built 1992 Load: 38.9 t ADT: 3,100

IRR BIA RTE 15

Good

Over: TROUT RIVER

2.3KM SE OF JCT CTH H, Vilas, WI

Built 2020 Load: 40.2 t ADT: 50

CTH M

Good

Over: MANITOWISH RIVER

0.6M N JCT CTH K, Vilas, WI

Built 1993 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 2,900

STH 47

Good

Over: POKEGAMA LAKE

POKEGAMA LAKE, Vilas, WI

Built 2003 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 2,300

CTH H

Good

Over: TROUT RIVER

2.6M S OF USH51, Vilas, WI

Built 1993 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 705

STH 47

Good

Over: MISHONAGON CREEK

AT MISHONAGON CREEK, Vilas, WI

Built 2008 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 4,800

CTH W

Poor

Over: MANITOWISH RIVER

0.6M N JCT USH 51, Vilas, WI

Built 1982 Load: 29.2 t ADT: 1,693

LRD IRR (RIVER RD)

Poor

Over: BEAR RIVER

5.1M N JCT STH 70, Vilas, WI

Built 1958 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 71

LRD SUGARBUSH TRAI

Structurally Deficient

Over: SUGARBUSH CREEK

1.1M E JCT 47, Vilas, WI

Built 1940 Load: 13.6 t ADT: 101

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Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges Editorial