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Ush 8 over Little Soft Maple Creek

Rusk County, Wisconsin · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Ush 8 over Little Soft Maple Creek in Rusk County, Wisconsin, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1938, making it 87 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,400 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 14 of the 150 inventoried bridges in Rusk County rated poor (9.3%); 14 (9.3%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	4	Poor condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 22 ft
Location	1.7M E Jct Cth F to S
NBI structure number	B54040800000000
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ush 8-3rd St over Flambeau River	1993	6,100	Fair
Sth 27 over Flambeau River	1988	5,500	Good
Ush 8 over Soft Maple Creek	2018	4,100	Good
Ush 8-arthur St over Chippewa River 22	1996	3,800	Fair
Cth G over Flambeau River	1979	3,105	Fair
Sth 27 over Thornapple River	2016	2,700	Good