Total bridges
936
Public highway bridges in Hennepin County
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Hennepin County, MN
936 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 40.6% rated Good, 55.3% Fair, 4.1% Poor.
- 936
- Public bridges
- 40.6%
- Good condition
- 4.1%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Hennepin County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across large county bridge inventory.
- 44th
- of 87 on Poor share
- 4.1%
- Poor-condition share
- 936
- public highway bridges
- 1984
- avg year built
Poor is an FHWA condition category from the lowest applicable component rating (4 or below), not a live crossing-safety or closure decision. Rankings cover counties with at least five public highway bridges.
Hennepin County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Hennepin County ranks #44 of 87 Minnesota counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.1%). Hennepin County, Minnesota contains 936 public highway bridges. Roughly 40.6% are rated “Good,” 55.3% “Fair,” and 4.1% “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.
Good condition
40.6%
380 of 936 rated 7-9
Fair condition
55.3%
518 of 936 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.1%
38 of 936 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#44 of 87
Among Minnesota counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 936 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 40.6% (380)
Fair 55.3% (518)
Poor 4.1% (38)
Hennepin County's Poor-condition bridges carry 334,931 vehicle crossings a day
That is 1.6% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.1% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 8,814 crossings a day against 22,491 for a Good-condition one. A Poor rating is a condition category, not a closure or a live safety judgement; it means the lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below.
Computed over the 936 of 936 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
31.2% of Hennepin County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
292 of the 936 bridges with a recorded construction year were built in 1974 or earlier. Age alone is not a defect: a well-maintained older bridge can rate Good, and 40.6% of this county's inventory does. Even so, this older cohort is the population from which future Poor ratings are drawn, which is why the age profile below matters alongside the condition split above.
Cutoff derives from the 2024 release year minus a 50-year design life. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
One structure carries 13.2% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
I 494 over Minnesota River, built 1981, carries 44,357 vehicles a day, the most of any Poor-rated structure here. The county's Poor-condition exposure is concentrated rather than evenly spread, so the 38-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 334,931 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Hennepin County's bridges were built
936 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- pre-1900 3
Built before 1900
3 bridges
- 1900s 5
1900–1909
5 bridges
- 1910s 30
1910–1919
30 bridges
- 1920s 18
1920–1929
18 bridges
- 1930s 9
1930–1939
9 bridges
- 1940s 6
1940–1949
6 bridges
- 1950s 24
1950–1959
24 bridges
- 1960s
1960–1969
149 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
92 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
199 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
119 bridges
- 2000s
2000–2009
148 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
88 bridges
- 2020s 46
2020–2029
46 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 199 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 21.3% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1984) matches the Minnesota average (1986).
How Hennepin County compares with Minnesota's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Minnesota counties nearest Hennepin County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.1% Poor share is the 3rd-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1984 against a peer-group mean of 1986 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 86 Minnesota counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hennepin County (this page) | 936 | 40.6% | 55.3% | 4.1% | 1984 |
| St. Louis County | 663 | 50.4% | 42.8% | 6.8% | 1987 |
| Olmsted County | 365 | 64.1% | 34.5% | 1.4% | 1985 |
| Fillmore County | 348 | 33.3% | 63.8% | 2.9% | 1984 |
| Mower County | 343 | 44.6% | 47.2% | 8.2% | 1988 |
| Ramsey County | 341 | 35.5% | 58.1% | 6.5% | 1984 |
Each share is of that county's own total tracked bridges; peers are the counties with 5 or more bridges whose inventory size is closest to Hennepin County's. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
Nationwide counties with similar inventory size or average build year
Two NBI-derived peer sets for Hennepin County, both outside Minnesota so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MN (936 bridges here).
- Jackson County, MO · 930 bridges
- Franklin County, OH · 922 bridges
- Fresno County, CA · 916 bridges
- Marion County, IN · 958 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MN (1984 here).
- Duval County, FL · avg 1984 · 831 bridges
- El Paso County, CO · avg 1984 · 686 bridges
- Bell County, TX · avg 1984 · 660 bridges
- Steuben County, NY · avg 1984 · 627 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Fair-condition bridges (518)
MSAS 221
FairOver: I 94
0.2 MI N OF JCT TH 55, Hennepin, MN
Built 1979 Load: 48.3 t ADT: 10,400
CON 2979
FairOver: 81st Street
0.4 MI S OF JCT TH 494, Hennepin, MN
Built 1988 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 5,321
CON 2781
FairOver: I 94; RAMPS
1.5 MI E OF JCT TH 55, Hennepin, MN
Built 1994 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 5,729
US 169
FairOver: I 94
AT THE JCT OF TH 169; 94, Hennepin, MN
Built 1996 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 44,000
US 12
FairOver: UNSTABLE SOIL
0.4 MI E JCT CSAH 6, Hennepin, MN
Built 2007 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 24,500
CON 80
FairOver: DIAMOND LAKE ROAD
AT W JCT TH 101; 94, Hennepin, MN
Built 2010 Load: 49.2 t ADT: 14,808
CSAH 5
FairOver: I 94; RAMPS
1.6 MI NE OF JCT TH 55, Hennepin, MN
Built 1994 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 3,149
CSAH 35
FairOver: MINNEHAHA CREEK
1.5 MI S OF JCT CSAH 38, Hennepin, MN
Built 2006 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 5,700
CON 4293
FairOver: LRT; FRONT ROAD
AT THE JCT TH 35W, Hennepin, MN
Built 2000 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 8,123
CON 2173
FairOver: BLOOMINGTON R
0.2 MI NW OF JCT TH 5, Hennepin, MN
Built 1958 Load: 50.0 t ADT: 21,480
MSAS 277
FairOver: TH 100; RAMPS
0.4 MI S OF JCT TH 7, Hennepin, MN
Built 1984 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 12,600
MN 55
FairOver: UP RR
1.4 MI SE OF JCT TH 494, Hennepin, MN
Built 1952 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 18,000
MN 77
FairOver: AMERICAN BLVD
0.2 MI S OF JCT TH 494, Hennepin, MN
Built 1988 Load: 50.6 t ADT: 44,500
CON 2758
FairOver: AMERICAN BLVD
0.2 MI S OF JCT TH 494, Hennepin, MN
Built 1988 Load: 50.6 t ADT: 7,000
CON 2672
FairOver: I 35W NB off ramp
0.2 MI N OF E JCT TH 94, Hennepin, MN
Built 1970 Load: 50.6 t ADT: 6,730
US 169
FairOver: MN VALLEY TRAIL;MN RIVER
5.0 MI S OF JCT TH 494, Hennepin, MN
Built 1993 Load: 51.0 t ADT: 48,327
US 169
FairOver: MN VALLEY TRAIL;MN RIVER
5.0 MI S OF JCT TH 494, Hennepin, MN
Built 1993 Load: 51.0 t ADT: 48,327
CON 1735
FairOver: Ramp 108th Street
4.5 MI S OF JCT TH 494, Hennepin, MN
Built 1993 Load: 51.0 t ADT: 6,146
CON 3883
FairOver: EB off ramp
0.9 MI E OF JCT TH 494, Hennepin, MN
Built 1988 Load: 51.1 t ADT: 6,804
MSAS 107
FairOver: I 94 I 694; RAMPS
0.3 MI E OF JCT TH 100, Hennepin, MN
Built 1980 Load: 51.1 t ADT: 3,900
CSAH 1
FairOver: TH 77
1.7 MI S OF JCT TH 494, Hennepin, MN
Built 1978 Load: 51.2 t ADT: 12,890
MN 100
FairOver: I 94 EB; EB ON RAMP
AT THE JCT TH 100; 94, Hennepin, MN
Built 1980 Load: 51.2 t ADT: 37,500
MN 100
FairOver: Shingle Creek
1.3 MI SW OF JCT TH 694, Hennepin, MN
Built 1991 Load: 51.6 t ADT: 32,146
MN 100
FairOver: Shingle Creek
1.3 MI SW OF JCT TH 694, Hennepin, MN
Built 1964 Load: 51.6 t ADT: 32,146
MN 100
FairOver: MINNEHAHA CREEK
1.8 MI S OF JCT TH 7, Hennepin, MN
Built 1970 Load: 51.9 t ADT: 106,749
US 169
FairOver: BNSF RR
1.1 MI N OF JCT TH 7, Hennepin, MN
Built 1963 Load: 52.1 t ADT: 44,409
CSAH 28
FairOver: I 494
.6 MI W OF JCT TH 100, Hennepin, MN
Built 2003 Load: 52.1 t ADT: 11,211
CON 1018
FairOver: I 94 RAMPS; SB LYNDALE
AT THE JCT TH 94; 394, Hennepin, MN
Built 1968 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 5,948
I 94
FairOver: Franklin Terrace
1.2 MI SE OF JCT TH 55, Hennepin, MN
Built 1962 Load: 52.7 t ADT: 141,184
CON 1065
FairOver: MSP EXIT RAMPS TO MN 5
0.016 MI W JCT MN 5; RPS, Hennepin, MN
Built 1999 Load: 52.9 t ADT: 1
CSAH 39
FairOver: I 494
0.3 MI NW OF JCT TH 5, Hennepin, MN
Built 1983 Load: 52.9 t ADT: 17,000
CON 5617
FairOver: AMERICAN BLVD
0.2 MI S OF JCT TH 494, Hennepin, MN
Built 1988 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 3,650
M 38
FairOver: PIONEER CREEK
0.7 MI NW OF JCT CSAH 19, Hennepin, MN
Built 1984 Load: 53.9 t ADT: 315
MSAS 221
FairOver: I 394
At Jct TH 55 (WB), Hennepin, MN
Built 1989 Load: 53.9 t ADT: 7,900
CON 4897
FairOver: 3rd Street North
1.0 MI NE OF JCT TH 94, Hennepin, MN
Built 1990 Load: 53.9 t ADT: 2,000
CON 28
FairOver: TH 100 SB RAMP TO I 394
0.4 MI N OF JCT TH 394, Hennepin, MN
Built 1989 Load: 53.9 t ADT: 1,947
MSAS 109
FairOver: I 94; I 694 EB
0.4 MI W OF JCT TH 100, Hennepin, MN
Built 1979 Load: 53.9 t ADT: 16,300
CON 2939
FairOver: I 94;694EB;TH100;RAMPS
0.1 MI W OF JCT TH 100, Hennepin, MN
Built 1980 Load: 53.9 t ADT: 5,250
CSAH 23
FairOver: BNSF RR
0.2 MI N OF JCT CSAH 52, Hennepin, MN
Built 2009 Load: 54.1 t ADT: 5,658
CSAH 12
FairOver: TH 610
1.7 MI W OF JCT TH 252, Hennepin, MN
Built 1997 Load: 54.3 t ADT: 22,047
I 94
FairOver: PED PATH
2.4 MI S OF JCT TH 694, Hennepin, MN
Built 1982 Load: 54.4 t ADT: 111,000
CSAH 9
FairOver: TH 100
AT THE JCT TH100; CSAH9, Hennepin, MN
Built 2001 Load: 54.5 t ADT: 20,900
MSAS 139
FairOver: TH 610
1.9 MI SW OF JCT TH 47, Hennepin, MN
Built 1985 Load: 55.5 t ADT: 2,581
MSAS 283
FairOver: I 94
0.4 MI W OF W JCT TH 35W, Hennepin, MN
Built 1966 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 6,400
CSAH 10
FairOver: SHINGLE CR
0.5 MI E OF JCT CSAH 152, Hennepin, MN
Built 1962 Load: 58.4 t ADT: 9,150
M 1711
FairOver: TH 62
1.2 MI E OF JCT TH 77, Hennepin, MN
Built 1964 Load: 58.8 t ADT: 6,300
CON 234
FairOver: SB off ramp
1.6 MI N OF JCT TH 394, Hennepin, MN
Built 1980 Load: 58.8 t ADT: 14,572
I 494
FairOver: I 394; COLLECTOR RDS
AT THE JCT TH 494; 394, Hennepin, MN
Built 1986 Load: 58.8 t ADT: 52,672
MN 5
FairOver: I 494 WB off ramp
1.8 Mi East of Jct TH 77, Hennepin, MN
Built 1982 Load: 58.8 t ADT: 31,500
CSAH 10
FairOver: SHINGLE CREEK
0.5 MI E OF JCT CSAH 152, Hennepin, MN
Built 1962 Load: 59.0 t ADT: 9,150
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