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Sth 70 over Yellow River

Washburn County, Wisconsin · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Sth 70 over Yellow River in Washburn County, Wisconsin, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1990, making it 35 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 3,000 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 25 of the 49 inventoried bridges in Washburn County rated good (51.0%); 1 (2.0%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 99 ft
Location	0.1M E Jct Cth O
NBI structure number	B65003400000000
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Ush 63 over Yellow River	1975	9,000	Fair
Ush 53 SB over Potato Creek	2021	8,500	Good
Ush 53 NB over Potato Creek	2022	8,500	Good
Sth 70 over Ush 53	1986	5,680	Good
Sth 70 over Yellow River	2023	5,600	Good
Ush 63 over Namekagon River	1966	4,600	Fair