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Sth 72 over Lost Creek

Pierce County, Wisconsin · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

Sth 72 over Lost Creek in Pierce County, Wisconsin, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1956 and reconstructed in 2004, making it 69 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 93 of the 250 inventoried bridges in Pierce County rated fair (37.2%); 10 (4.0%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 186 ft
Location	1.6M E Jct Ush 63 to N
NBI structure number	B47002000000000
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Wisconsin department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Lrd Main St over S Fk Kinnickinnic River	1982	21,115	Fair
Ush 10 over St Croix River 01	1990	16,800	Fair
Sth 35 over Cth M	1993	12,000	Good
Ush 63 over Mississippi River 10	2019	11,000	Fair
Sth 35 over Lrd Golf View Rd	1993	10,200	Good
Sth 65 over S Fk Kinnickinnic River	1993	9,400	Fair