Home › Wisconsin › Vernon County › Sth 56 over Br N Fk Bad Axe River

Sth 56 over Br N Fk Bad Axe River

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

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

Sth 56 over Br N Fk Bad Axe River in Vernon County, Wisconsin, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the culvert, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1941, making it 84 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 1,200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 165 of the 334 inventoried bridges in Vernon County rated fair (49.4%); 25 (7.5%) 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

Component	Rating (2025)	FHWA scale meaning
Culvert	6	Satisfactory condition


Structure	Continuous concrete culvert
Length	about 28 ft
Location	3.0M E Jct Cth K
NBI structure number	B62028600000000
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ush 14-ush 61-sth over N Fk Bad Axe River	1954	9,600	Fair
Sth 35 over Chipmunk Coulee Creek	1987	6,300	Fair
Ush 14-ush 61 over Coon Creek	1990	6,000	Fair
Ush 14-ush 61-sth over Br Coon Creek	1990	5,600	Fair
Sth 35 over Coon Creek	2020	5,400	Good
Ush 14-ush 61 over Rundahl Coulee Creek	1948	5,200	Fair