Cottonwood County, MN

125 public highway bridges

Cottonwood County Bridge Snapshot

Cottonwood County, Minnesota contains 125 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 78.4% are rated “Good,” 20.8% “Fair,” 0.8% “Poor,” and 0.8% 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.

125
Total Bridges
78.4%
Good
0.8%
Poor
0.8%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
78.4% (98)
Fair
20.8% (26)
Poor
0.8% (1)
SD
0.8% (1)

All Bridges (125)

T 1019

Fair

Over: PELL CREEK

0.6 MI S OF CO LINE, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1913 Load: 15.5 t ADT: 21

T 124

Fair

Over: N FK WATONWAN RIVER

2.2 MI N OF JCT TH 30, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1975 Load: 18.3 t ADT: 21

CSAH 9

Fair

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

0.2 MI S OF JCT CSAH 9, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1933 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 156

T 62

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.7 MI S OF JCT TH 30, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1914 Load: 19.6 t ADT: 21

CSAH 4

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK

1.4 MI N OF JCT CSAH 10, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1949 Load: 20.2 t ADT: 110

CSAH 4

Fair

Over: STREAM

0.8 MI N OF JCT CSAH 10, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1954 Load: 20.7 t ADT: 110

CR 47

Fair

Over: DITCH

2.3 MI S OF JCT TH 60, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1908 Load: 21.2 t ADT: 33

CSAH 5

Fair

Over: STREAM

0.4 MI N OF JCT CSAH 15, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1958 Load: 22.2 t ADT: 610

T 125

Fair

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

0.4 MI N OF JCT CSAH 9, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1940 Load: 25.5 t ADT: 60

CSAH 10

Fair

Over: DUTCH CHARLEY CREEK

1.7 MI E OF JCT CSAH 6, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1930 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 410

CSAH 29

Fair

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

0.9 MI S OF JCT CSAH 3, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1939 Load: 27.2 t ADT: 156

T 147

Fair

Over: DRY CREEK

0.8 MI N OF JCT CSAH 10, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1925 Load: 27.5 t ADT: 30

US 71

Fair

Over: STREAM

9.0 MI N OF WINDOM, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1936 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 1,895

MN 30

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.6 MI NE OF STORDEN, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1948 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 751

US 71

Fair

Over: STREAM

4.1 MI S OF SANBORN, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1960 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 1,606

US 71

Fair

Over: STREAM

6.3 MI S OF SANBORN, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1960 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 1,606

MN 60

Fair

Over: UP RR

9.3 MI E OF JCT US 71, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1987 Load: 29.8 t ADT: 3,684

CSAH 13

Fair

Over: PERKINS CREEK

1.0 MI W OF JCT TH 71, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1962 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 2,075

CSAH 13

Fair

Over: S FK WATONWAN RIVER

0.4 MI W OF CO LINE, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1959 Load: 31.0 t ADT: 263

MN 62

Fair

Over: DES MOINES RIVER

10.0 MI W OF JCT TH 71, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1978 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 736

CR 99

Fair

Over: STREAM

2.1 MI S OF JCT TH 30, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1958 Load: 32.7 t ADT: 63

MN 62

Fair

Over: HERON LAKE OUTLET

8.0 MI W OF JCT TH 71, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1978 Load: 33.9 t ADT: 736

M 76

Fair

Over: PERKINS CREEK

0.4 MI S OF JCT TH 71, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1964 Load: 34.6 t ADT: 200

MN 62

Fair

Over: DES MOINES RIVER

12.8 MI W OF JCT TH 71, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 736

T 124

Fair

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

1.0 MI N OF JCT CSAH 3, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1973 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 20

T 135

Fair

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

0.6 MI N OF JCT CSAH 3, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1962 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 50

T 8

Good

Over: DES MOINES RIVER

1.8 MI W OF JCT CR 40, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1966 Load: 20.9 t ADT: 20

T 40

Good

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

0.5 MI W OF JCT CSAH 1, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1921 Load: 24.1 t ADT: 35

CR 53

Good

Over: HIGHWATER CREEK

1.1 MI E OF JCT CSAH 6, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1941 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 127

CSAH 1

Good

Over: N FK WATONWAN RIVER

2.0 MI N OF JCT TH 30, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1939 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 522

CSAH 7

Good

Over: DUTCH CHARLEY CREEK

AT JCT CSAH 24, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1930 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 933

CR 99

Good

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

1.9 MI S;E OF JCT CSAH 3, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1977 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 19

CR 14

Good

Over: STREAM

0.7 MI N OF JCT CSAH 15, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1977 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 23

T 165

Good

Over: STREAM

0.6 MI N OF JCT CSAH 15, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1977 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 43

T 50

Good

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

0.6 MI W OF JCT CSAH 1, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1977 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 60

T 135

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD RIVER

1.6 MI N OF JCT TH 30, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1976 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 37

CSAH 15

Good

Over: STREAM

1.8 MI W OF JCT CSAH 5, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1967 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 37

CR 54

Good

Over: DUTCH CHARLEY CREEK

2.5 MI N OF JCT CSAH 11, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1974 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 45

CSAH 10

Good

Over: MOUND CREEK

0.2 MI W OF JCT TH 71, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1980 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 220

CSAH 15

Good

Over: STREAM

0.2 MI W OF JCT CSAH 7, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1985 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 26

T 97

Good

Over: DUTCH CHARLEY CREEK

1.3 MI E OF JCT CSAH 6, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1978 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 40

T 44

Good

Over: CO DITCH # 43

0.3 MI W OF JCT CSAH 13, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1979 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 16

T 97

Good

Over: LITTLE COTTONWOOD RIVER

0.6 MI S OF JCT TH 10, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1979 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 27

T 97

Good

Over: HIGHWATER CREEK

1.4 MI E OF JCT CSAH 5, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1978 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 45

T 109

Good

Over: STREAM

1.2 MI E OF JCT CSAH 6, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1979 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 40

T 124

Good

Over: STREAM

0.9 MI S OF JCT TH 30, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1979 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 21

T 12

Good

Over: STREAM

0.1 MI N OF JCT CSAH 14, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1979 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 28

T 106

Good

Over: DUTCH CHARLEY CREEK

1.2 MI E OF JCT CSAH 6, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1980 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 31

T 129

Good

Over: N FK WATONWAN RIVER

0.7 MI N OF JCT TH 30, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1980 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 20

T 108

Good

Over: STREAM

0.9 MI E OF JCT TH 71, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1985 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 24

Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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