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Bridge conditions in Vernon County, Wisconsin

334 inventoried bridges · 25 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Vernon County tracks close to typical: 25 of its 334 inventoried bridges (7.5%) are rated poor, against a national rate of about 7%.

25 of the 334 bridges in Vernon County, Wisconsin, are rated in poor condition (7.5%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
144 bridges (43.1%) are rated good and 165 (49.4%) fair.
The median Vernon County bridge was built in 1989.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is Sth 131-commercial over Kickapoo River (built 1982), carrying about 1,100 vehicles a day.

Good 43.1% · Fair 49.4% · Poor 7.5% of 334 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Sth 131-commercial over Kickapoo River	1982	1,100	Poor
Cth S over Br W Fk Kickapoo River	1960	651	Poor
Sth 162-n Ridge Rd over Br Coon Creek	1927	650	Poor
Sth 162 over Br Coon Creek	1927	650	Poor
Cth P over Br W Fk Kickapoo River	1935	575	Poor
Cth D over Br Otter Creek	1967	420	Poor
Cth F over Hills Creek	1935	390	Poor
Cth C over Green Creek	1932	325	Poor
Lrd Bloomingdale R over Br W Fk Kickapoo River	1925	205	Poor
Cth Xx over Coe Hollow Creek	1941	195	Poor
Cth N over S Fk Bad Axe River	1951	162	Poor
Lrd Prairie Rd over Rush Creek	1927	125	Poor
Lrd Sag City Rd over Rush Creek	1965	94	Poor
Lrd Spring Coulee over Spring Coulee Creek	1990	84	Poor
Lrd Glass Rd (dead over Trib Mississippi River	1935	58	Poor
Lrd Dodson Hollow over Dodson Hollow Creek	1940	47	Poor
Lrd Weber Rd over Hornby Hollow	1940	47	Poor
Lrd Weber Rd over Br Hornby Hollow Creek	1935	47	Poor
Lrd Hornby Rd over Br Hornby Hollow Creek	1955	47	Poor
Lrd Upper Newton R over N Fk Bad Axe River	1933	35	Poor
Lrd Duck Creek Rd over Br Kickapoo River	1950	23	Poor
Lrd Lietke Lane (d over Coon Creek	1973	20	Poor
Lrd Sunrise Lane ( over Champion Valley Creek	1969	20	Poor
Lrd Evenstad Rd (d over Weister Creek	1940	10	Poor
Lrd Cornell Lane ( over Br Coon Creek	1985	10	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

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
Sth 35 over Genoa Creek	2020	5,000	Good
Sth 35 over Spring Coulee Creek	2020	5,000	Good
Sth 35 over Bad Axe River	1990	4,750	Fair
Sth 35 over Battle Hollow Creek	2022	4,645	Good

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

Every bridge in Vernon County → - all 334, busiest first, each with its own condition record.

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