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 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

Structurally Deficient

Over: DES MOINES RIVER

0.3 MI W OF JCT CSAH 13, Cottonwood, MN

Built 1960 Load: 27.4 t ADT: 415

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

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