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Lrd 240TH Street over Birch Creek

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

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

Lrd 240TH Street over Birch Creek in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 3 (serious condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1947, making it 78 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 165 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 40 of the 359 inventoried bridges in Chippewa County rated poor (11.1%); 40 (11.1%) 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


Structure	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 23 ft
Location	0.7 M N Cth M
NBI structure number	P09094000000000
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Sth 29 over Unnamed Creek	2004	28,300	Good
Ush 53 over Br Chippewa River	1971	22,200	Fair
Ush 53 over Tilden Creek	1970	17,600	Fair
Ush 53 SB over Duncan Creek	1971	17,600	Good
Ush 53 N over Duncan Creek	1971	17,600	Good
Ush 53 S over Sth 124	2002	17,400	Fair