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Local Bridge Improvement Assistance 

The Local Bridge Improvement Assistance Program helps rehabilitate and replace, on a cost-shared basis, the most seriously deteriorating existing local bridges on Wisconsin's local highway systems.

Counties, cities, villages and towns are eligible for rehabilitation funding on bridges with sufficiency ratings of 80 or less, and replacement funding on bridges with sufficiency ratings less than 50.

The 2012 National Bridge Inventory (NBI) list is now available. Contact your County Highway Commissioner for a copy.

As of January 28, 2013, WisDOT is accepting Local Bridge applications for the 2013-2018 Program Cycle. Applicants are required to review the application instructions and complete an application form for each eligible Local Bridge project:

• WisDOT 2013-2018 Local Bridge Program Application instructions
• WisDOT 2013-2018 Local Bridge Program Application form

As part of the application process, applicants are required to prioritize all proposed projects. An Example of How to Prioritize Projects is provided to assist applicants with the completion of the Project Priority section of the application form. The application deadline is June 28, 2013. Questions on the application process should be directed to the appropriate WisDOT regional contact person listed below.

Regional local program contacts

Southwest Region

Michael Erickson
michael.erickson@dot.wi.gov
Phone: (608) 246-5361
Fax: (608) 246-3819

Southeast Region

Robert Schmidt
robert1.schmidt@dot.wi.gov
Phone: (262) 548-8789
Fax: (262) 521-4425


Northeast Region

Glenn Landis
glenn.landis@dot.wi.gov
Phone: (920) 492-4110
Fax: (920) 492-5711


North Central Region

Joe Benbenek
joseph.benbenek@dot.wi.gov
Phone: (715) 365-5714
Fax: (715) 365-5780


Northwest Region

Bill Zimmer
william.zimmer@dot.wi.gov
Phone: (715) 635-5014
Fax: (715) 635-2309

Statewide program contact: 

Kyle Hemp
kyle.hemp@dot.wi.gov
(608) 266-2574
Fax: (608) 266-0658

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Questions about the content of this page:
Kyle Hemp, kyle.hemp@dot.wi.gov
Last modified: January 25, 2013