Stearns County, MN

225 public highway bridges

Stearns County Bridge Snapshot

Stearns County, Minnesota contains 225 public highway bridges in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory. Roughly 51.1% are rated “Good,” 24.4% “Fair,” 2.2% “Poor,” and 2.2% 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.

225
Total Bridges
51.1%
Good
2.2%
Poor
2.2%
Structurally Deficient

Condition Distribution

Good
51.1% (115)
Fair
24.4% (55)
Poor
2.2% (5)
SD
2.2% (5)

All Bridges (225)

CR 176

Good

Over: GETCHELL CREEK

1.2 MI W OF JCT CSAH 11, Stearns, MN

Built 2009 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 350

T 879

Good

Over: N FK CROW RIVER

0.8 MI NW OF JCT CSAH 13, Stearns, MN

Built 2011 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 49

MN 22

Good

Over: STREAM

6.2 MI S OF RICHMOND, Stearns, MN

Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 500

CR 121

Good

Over: SAUK RIVER

0.3 MI N OF JCT CR 138, Stearns, MN

Built 2000 Load: 41.3 t ADT: 2,100

M 10

Good

Over: SAUK RIVER

0.2 MI NW OF JCT TH 23, Stearns, MN

Built 1978 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 4,200

CSAH 7

Good

Over: ST AUGUSTA CREEK

0.1 MI N OF JCT CSAH44, Stearns, MN

Built 2013 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 5,000

CR 186

Good

Over: SAUK RIVER

0.7 MI W OF JCT TH 4, Stearns, MN

Built 2010 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 1,050

T 706

Good

Over: STREAM

0.7 MI W OF JCT CR 167, Stearns, MN

Built 2004 Load: 43.6 t ADT: 20

CSAH 17

Good

Over: SAUK RIVER

0.5 MI W JCT CR 185, Stearns, MN

Built 2007 Load: 44.5 t ADT: 2,850

MN 23

Good

Over: SAUK RIVER

0.2 MI W OF TH 22, Stearns, MN

Built 1987 Load: 47.0 t ADT: 8,600

CSAH 2

Good

Over: SAUK RIVER

0.2 MI S OF JCT TH 23, Stearns, MN

Built 1997 Load: 48.6 t ADT: 4,900

CSAH 4

Good

Over: SAUK RIVER

0.1 MI W OF JCT CR 138, Stearns, MN

Built 2011 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 22,200

T 814

Good

Over: N FK CROW RIVER

0.4 MI N OF JCT CSAH 34, Stearns, MN

Built 1993 Load: 52.1 t ADT: 129

T 1064

Good

Over: ASHLEY CREEK

0.6 MI SE OF N CO LINE, Stearns, MN

Built 1966 Load: 53.1 t ADT: 4

CSAH 19

Good

Over: N FK CROW RIVER

1.7 MI E OF JCT CR196, Stearns, MN

Built 2012 Load: 54.7 t ADT: 175

CSAH 65

Good

Over: SAUK RIVER

0.5 MI W OF JCT CR157, Stearns, MN

Built 2018 Load: 55.1 t ADT: 2,750

US 71

Good

Over: Sauk Lake

3.2 MI N OF JCT TH 94, Stearns, MN

Built 2000 Load: 56.8 t ADT: 3,642

CSAH 65

Good

Over: SAUK RIVER

1.6 MI NW OF JCT CSAH 13, Stearns, MN

Built 1995 Load: 57.1 t ADT: 690

CR 134

Good

Over: SAUK RIVER

0.1 M N OF JCT CSAH4, Stearns, MN

Built 2011 Load: 58.3 t ADT: 13,600

MN 15

Good

Over: BNSF RR

0.6 MI N OF JCT TH 23, Stearns, MN

Built 1987 Load: 65.3 t ADT: 19,000

MSAS 162

Poor

Over: ST AUGUSTA CREEK

1.5 MI E OF JCT TH152, Stearns, MN

Built 1925 Load: 9.2 t ADT: 1

T 834

Poor

Over: STREAM

0.7 MI S OF JCT CSAH 14, Stearns, MN

Built 1978 Load: 13.1 t ADT: 61

CSAH 14

Poor

Over: SAUK RIVER

0.5 MI SW OF JCT CSAH12, Stearns, MN

Built 1965 Load: 15.7 t ADT: 560

T 415

Poor

Over: STREAM

0.6 MI N OF JCT TH 23, Stearns, MN

Built 2005 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 25

I 94

Poor

Over: SAUK RIVER

2.5 MI NW OF MELROSE, Stearns, MN

Built 1965 Load: 33.5 t ADT: 14,250

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

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