Cottonwood County, MN

125 public highway bridges

Cottonwood County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Cottonwood County, Minnesota contains 125 public highway bridges. Roughly 78.4% are rated “Good,” 20.8% “Fair,” and 0.8% “Poor.” Poor means the lowest applicable deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert rating is 4 or below on the 0–9 NBI scale. It is a condition category, not a live safety or closure decision.

Responsible agencies inspect covered bridges on risk-based intervals under current NBIS rules and submit inventory data to FHWA annually. The list below shows every NBI-tracked bridge in the county. Use the “Sort by” controls to change the ordering, and click any row for its reported inspection date, traffic count, and condition fields.

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

125
Total Bridges
78.4%
Good
20.8%
Fair
0.8%
Poor Condition

Condition Distribution

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

All Bridges (125)

T 177

Good

Over: DES MOINES RIVER

0.2 MI S OF JCT TH 62, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2008 Load: 37.4 t ADT: 49

CSAH 1

Good

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

0.9 MI S OF JCT CSAH 3, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2017 Load: 38.2 t ADT: 1,700

CSAH 5

Good

Over: STREAM

0.2 MI N OF JCT CSAH 11, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1995 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 710

CSAH 3

Good

Over: JUD DITCH # 28

1.2 MI W OF JCT CSH 21, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1995 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 35

T 78

Good

Over: Stream

0.4 mi E of jct CSAH 6, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2002 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 30

T 180

Good

Over: DUTCH CHARLEY CREEK

2.6 MI S OF JCT CSAH 10, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2000 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 30

CSAH 10

Good

Over: Stream

0.2 mi E of jct TH 71, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2002 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 265

T 125

Good

Over: N FK WATONWAN RIVER

1.6 MI N OF JCT TH 30, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2004 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 45

T 62

Good

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

0.8 MI S OF JCT CSAH 3, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2004 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 48

T 143

Good

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

0.6 MI N JCT CR 50, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2006 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 50

CSAH 29

Good

Over: MT LAKE OUTLET

1.0 MI N JCT TH 60, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2007 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 274

T 38

Good

Over: S FK WATONWAN RIVER

0.3 MI W OF JCT CSAH 13, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2007 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 28

CSAH 5

Good

Over: STREAM

2.2 MI S OF JCT CSAH 10, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1993 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 401

CSAH 5

Good

Over: HIGHWATER CREEK

2.0 MI N OF JCT TH 30, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1992 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 401

CSAH 2

Good

Over: Watonwan River

0.1 mi N of jct CSAH 3, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2000 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 585

CSAH 10

Good

Over: STREAM

0.8 MI E OF JCT CR 21, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2008 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 410

T 123

Good

Over: S FK WATONWAN RIVER

1.0 MI S OF JCT CSAH 13, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2009 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 49

M 74

Good

Over: PERKINS CREEK

0.4 MI S OF JCT TH 71, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2009 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,500

MN 30

Good

Over: BR OF WATONWAN R

8.7 MI E OF JCT TH 71, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2010 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 1,227

CSAH 1

Good

Over: DITCH

0.1 MI N OF JCT CSAH 16, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2001 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 859

CSAH 8

Good

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

1.4 MI S OF JCT TH 30, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2009 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 65

T 162

Good

Over: HIGHWATER CREEK

0.8 MI S OF JCT CSAH 10, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1997 Load: 43.3 t ADT: 13

CSAH 7

Good

Over: DES MOINES RIVER

1.6 MI N OF JCT TH 62, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2018 Load: 46.7 t ADT: 370

T 165

Good

Over: DES MOINES RIVER

0.9 MI N OF JCT TH 62, Cottonwood, MN

Built 2001 Load: 47.7 t ADT: 27

CSAH 15

Poor

Over: DES MOINES RIVER

0.3 MI W OF JCT CSAH 13, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1960 Load: 27.4 t ADT: 415

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