Roy Townsend, director of engineering and county road engineer for the Washtenaw County Road Commission, left, and Jim Harmon, director of operations, look at documents during Tuesday's Road Commission meeting.

Lisa Allmendinger | AnnArbor.com

Saline Township has the distinction of having three bridges on the Washtenaw County Road Commission’s Top 10 list — which is both bad and good.

Of the township’s five bridges, two are listed in critical condition, one is rated as poor, and the other two are listed as fair. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that three of the five might make the Road Commission’s list of five bridges it will submit to the state for possible funding in fiscal year 2014.

Road Commission officials have until May 1 to whittle down their list of Top 10 bridges slated for replacement or rehabilitation. The list will then go to the Michigan Department of Transportation for possible funding.

Several Road Commission engineers looked at the list of 111 local bridges in the county and selected 10, taking into account bridge condition, public safety and economic impact, among other factors.

They narrowed the list to include three bridges in Saline Township, two in Ypsilanti Township and one each in York, Sharon, Lima, Scio, Dexter townships.

The Top 5 are:

1. Replacement of the Austin Road Bridge over the Saline River in Saline Township. It's listed in poor shape. The estimated replacement cost is $1.125 million.

2. Replacement of the Austin Road Bridge over Bauer Drain in Saline Township. It's rated as critical, and has an estimated replacement cost of $755,000.

3. Replacement of the Liberty Road Bridge over the Mill Creek in Lima Township. It's currently closed and is listed in critical condition, with an estimated cost of $955,000 to replace it.

4. Replacement of the Feldkamp Road Bridge over the Saline River in Saline Township. It's in critical condition and has an estimated $1.235 million price tag for replacement.

5. Rehabilitation of the Zeeb Road Bridge over the Huron River in Scio Township. It's listed in fair condition, and an estimate for rehabilitation funding was not given.

The rest of the Top 10:

6. Replacement of the McGregor Road Bridge over Portage Lake Canal in Dexter Township.

7. Rehabilitation funding for removal of the bridge at Wiard Road over Tyler Road in Ypsilanti Township.

8. Replacement funding for Sharon Valley Road Bridge over River Raisin in Sharon Township.

9. Rehabilitation funding for Dennison Road Bridge over the Saline River in York Township.

10. Replacement funding for Stoney Creek Road Bridge over Paint Creek in Ypsilanti Township. Roy Townsend, director of engineering and the county highway engineer, said the bridges chosen have the highest chances of being selected for state funding based on their condition and other factors. The state’s local bridge program will pay for 95 percent of construction costs.

“The Road Commission would be responsible for the design, right-of-way, construction engineering, and the local match for the construction costs,” Townsend said.

In addition, he said, if a bridge is located on a local road, the township would be responsible for sharing 50 percent of the local costs with the Road Commission. The Saline Township Board voted Tuesday night to fund those costs if the bridges are selected.

Road Commission officials are expected to narrow the list to five in the next month and the Road Commission Board must approve individual funding applications for each bridge prior to the May 1 state deadline.

Lisa Allmendinger is a reporter for AnnArbor.com and can be reached at lisaallmendinger@annarbor.com.