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Ush 53 over Elk Creek

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

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

Ush 53 over Elk Creek in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1987, making it 38 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 2,400 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 110 of the 259 inventoried bridges in Trempealeau County rated fair (42.5%); 33 (12.7%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 41 ft
Location	0.5M N Jct Cth Ee
NBI structure number	B61009900000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ih 94 EB over Cth Nn / Buffalo River S	2020	13,950	Good
Ih 94 WB over Cth Nn / Buffalo River S	2019	13,950	Good
Ih 94 EB over Buffalo River	2020	13,950	Good
Ih 94 WB over Buffalo River	2019	13,950	Good
Ush 10 E and W over Ih 94	2003	8,600	Fair
Sth 54-sth 93 over Little Tamarack Creek	1951	7,900	Good