Brown County, MN

98 public highway bridges

Brown County Bridge Snapshot

Brown County, Minnesota contains 98 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 62.2% are rated “Good,” 34.7% “Fair,” 1% “Poor,” and 1% are classified as structurally deficient — the federal designation for spans whose deck, superstructure, or substructure has been rated 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. Structurally deficient does not mean unsafe to cross; it means the bridge is on the priority list for repair or replacement.

Inspections in MN are conducted by certified engineers from the state Department of Transportation on a 24-month cycle, and results are reported back to the FHWA each spring. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county, sorted by inventory load rating. Use the “Sort by” controls to surface the lowest-rated spans first, and click any row for full inspection history, traffic counts, and condition trends.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory. See methodology for full definitions.

98
Total Bridges
62.2%
Good
1%
Poor
1%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
62.2% (61)
Fair
34.7% (34)
Poor
1% (1)
SD
1% (1)

All Bridges (98)

RAILROAD

Unknown

Over: US 14

0.6 MI W OF COBDEN, Brown, MN

Built 2001 ADT: 2,671

US 14

Unknown

Over: FRONT ST; CP RR

0.4 MI NE OF JCT TH 15, Brown, MN

Built 2018 ADT: 3,600

CSAH 3

Fair

Over: MOUND CREEK

0.2 MI S OF JCT CSAH 21, Brown, MN

Built 1969 Load: 14.6 t ADT: 127

CSAH 11

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

0.7 MI N OF JCT CSAH 22, Brown, MN

Built 1953 Load: 17.5 t ADT: 197

CSAH 7

Fair

Over: SLEEPY EYE CREEK

0.9 MI S OF JCT TH 14, Brown, MN

Built 1975 Load: 20.4 t ADT: 106

T 64

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

1.0 MI S OF JCT CSAH 24, Brown, MN

Built 1970 Load: 21.6 t ADT: 20

T 267

Fair

Over: CO DITCH # 7

1.4 MI NE OF JCT CSAH 20, Brown, MN

Built 1955 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 20

CSAH 3

Fair

Over: MOUND CREEK

0.5 MI N OF JCT CSAH 21, Brown, MN

Built 1941 Load: 22.5 t ADT: 127

CSAH 16

Fair

Over: SLEEPY EYE CREEK

0.9 MI N OF JCT TH 14, Brown, MN

Built 1963 Load: 24.0 t ADT: 452

T 180

Fair

Over: STREAM

2.3 MI N OF S CO LINE, Brown, MN

Built 1935 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 32

T 171

Fair

Over: COAL MINE CREEK

0.7 MI N OF JCT TH 14, Brown, MN

Built 1950 Load: 24.3 t ADT: 30

CSAH 8

Fair

Over: JUD DITCH # 29

0.6 MI S OF JCT CSAH 30, Brown, MN

Built 1968 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 44

T 215

Fair

Over: SLEEPY EYE CREEK

2.9 MI NE OF JCT CSAH 8, Brown, MN

Built 1981 Load: 25.8 t ADT: 40

CSAH 7

Fair

Over: BIG COTTONWOOD RIVER

0.5 MI N OF JCT CSAH 24, Brown, MN

Built 1975 Load: 25.9 t ADT: 106

CSAH 14

Fair

Over: MINNESOTA RIVER

AT N CO LINE, Brown, MN

Built 1987 Load: 26.8 t ADT: 1,850

CSAH 2

Fair

Over: COTTONWOOD RIVER

0.5 MI N OF JCT CSAH 23, Brown, MN

Built 1967 Load: 29.0 t ADT: 349

MN 4

Fair

Over: JUD DITCH # 30

1.3 MI S OF SLEEPY EYE, Brown, MN

Built 1954 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 1,581

T 134

Fair

Over: SPRING CREEK

2.4 MI NW OF JCT CSAH 29, Brown, MN

Built 1979 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 25

T 174

Fair

Over: MOUND CREEK

0.8 MI N OF JCT CSAH 21, Brown, MN

Built 1971 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 25

T 138

Fair

Over: JUD DITCH # 30

1.9 MI N OF JCT CSAH 27, Brown, MN

Built 1985 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 46

CSAH 24

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

2.7 MI E OF JCT CSAH 11, Brown, MN

Built 1979 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 492

T 40

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

0.5 MI N OF JCT CSAH 20, Brown, MN

Built 1979 Load: 32.0 t ADT: 41

CSAH 8

Fair

Over: SLEEPY EYE CREEK

2.0 MI S OF JCT TH 14, Brown, MN

Built 1968 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 574

MN 15

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

2.1 MI S OF TH 68, Brown, MN

Built 1988 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 3,450

CSAH 13

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

0.3 MI S OF N JCT CSAH 2, Brown, MN

Built 1953 Load: 33.1 t ADT: 1,487

T 220

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

0.7 MI N OF JCT CSAH 20, Brown, MN

Built 1981 Load: 33.3 t ADT: 32

MN 15

Fair

Over: COTTONWOOD RIVER

3.1 MI S OF W JCT TH 14, Brown, MN

Built 1983 Load: 34.9 t ADT: 6,200

CSAH 5

Fair

Over: BIG COTTONWOOD RIVER

0.4 MI S OF JCT TH 14, Brown, MN

Built 1989 Load: 35.7 t ADT: 957

CSAH 24

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

1.0 MI W OF JCT CSAH 13, Brown, MN

Built 1982 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 492

CSAH 22

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

0.3 MI W OF JCT CSAH 10, Brown, MN

Built 1975 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 394

T 264

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

1.0 MI N OF JCT CSAH 24, Brown, MN

Built 1979 Load: 38.6 t ADT: 85

CSAH 29

Fair

Over: DM E RR

0.8 MI SE OF JCT CSAH 12, Brown, MN

Built 1988 Load: 38.8 t ADT: 5,400

CSAH 10

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

0.6 MI S OF JCT CSAH 22, Brown, MN

Built 1975 Load: 39.4 t ADT: 145

MN 4

Fair

Over: MINNESOTA RIVER

9.8 MI N OF JCT TH 14, Brown, MN

Built 1995 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 1,400

CSAH 22

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

0.1 MI E OF JCT TH 4, Brown, MN

Built 1977 Load: 48.3 t ADT: 394

MN 4

Fair

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

7.2 MI S OF JCT TH 14, Brown, MN

Built 2011 Load: 49.4 t ADT: 1,057

CSAH 3

Good

Over: BIG COTTONWOOD RIVER

1.9 MI S OF JCT CSAH 23, Brown, MN

Built 1975 Load: 21.2 t ADT: 579

T 369

Good

Over: STREAM

2.1 MI S OF JCT CSAH 21, Brown, MN

Built 1982 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 28

T 91

Good

Over: BIG COTTONWOOD RIVER

1.9 MI N OF JCT CSAH 24, Brown, MN

Built 1991 Load: 23.1 t ADT: 90

CSAH 20

Good

Over: STREAM

0.7 MI E OF JCT CSAH 5, Brown, MN

Built 1979 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 42

CSAH 20

Good

Over: STREAM

1.1 MI W OF JCT TH 258, Brown, MN

Built 1979 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 42

T 12

Good

Over: JUD DITCH # 5

0.4 MI E OF JCT CSAH 10, Brown, MN

Built 1980 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 20

CSAH 10

Good

Over: STREAM

1.3 MI SE OF JCT CSAH 8, Brown, MN

Built 1983 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 58

CSAH 7

Good

Over: JUD DITCH # 30

0.7 MI S OF JCT CSAH 28, Brown, MN

Built 1983 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 172

T 137

Good

Over: JUD DITCH # 30

0.1 MI N OF JCT CSAH 27, Brown, MN

Built 1974 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 129

T 179

Good

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

2.4 MI N OF S CO LINE, Brown, MN

Built 1975 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 65

T 34

Good

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

0.1 MI W OF JCT CSAH 3, Brown, MN

Built 1976 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 42

T 58

Good

Over: COAL MINE CREEK

2.2 MI SW OF JCT CSAH 4, Brown, MN

Built 1976 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 10

T 17

Good

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

1.5 MI W OF JCT CSAH 5, Brown, MN

Built 1977 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 38

T 155

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK (JD # 29)

0.5 MI E OF JCT CSAH 8, Brown, MN

Built 1978 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 31

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Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges Editorial