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Lrd Patzau Rd over Balsam Creek

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

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

Lrd Patzau Rd over Balsam Creek in Douglas 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 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 86 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 20 of the 136 inventoried bridges in Douglas County rated poor (14.7%); 20 (14.7%) 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 30 ft
Location	0.7M E Jct Cth B
NBI structure number	P16010900000000
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 535 over St Louis R; RR Street	1961	28,098	Poor
Ush 2-ush 53-e 2ND over Nemadji River	1989	23,300	Fair
Ush 2-ush 53-e 2ND over Bluff Creek	1989	23,300	Good
Ush 2-ush 53-e 2ND over Lrd Service Road	1989	20,400	Good
Ush 53-e 2ND St over Lstt RR	1962	19,500	Fair
Ush 53-e 2ND St over Soo Line	1962	19,500	Fair