Total bridges
44
Public highway bridges in Stevens County
County profile · official public datasets
Stevens County, MN
44 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 65.9% rated Good, 29.5% Fair, 4.5% Poor.
- 44
- Public bridges
- 65.9%
- Good condition
- 4.5%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Stevens County posts a higher-than-median Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across rated county bridge inventory.
- 50th
- of 87 on Poor share
- 4.5%
- Poor-condition share
- 44
- public highway bridges
- 1982
- 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.
Stevens County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Stevens County ranks #50 of 87 Minnesota counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 4.5%). Stevens County, Minnesota contains 44 public highway bridges. Roughly 65.9% are rated “Good,” 29.5% “Fair,” and 4.5% “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
65.9%
29 of 44 rated 7-9
Fair condition
29.5%
13 of 44 rated 5-6
Poor condition
4.5%
2 of 44 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#50 of 87
Among Minnesota counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 44 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 65.9% (29)
Fair 29.5% (13)
Poor 4.5% (2)
Stevens County's Poor-condition bridges carry 790 vehicle crossings a day
That is 3.3% of the county's reported daily bridge traffic on 4.5% of its bridges: Poor-condition structures carry less traffic than their share of the inventory. Each Poor bridge averages 395 crossings a day against 566 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 44 of 44 bridges in this county that report an average daily traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
11.4% of Stevens County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
5 of the 44 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 65.9% 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 97.5% of the county's Poor-condition bridge traffic
CSAH 13 over CO DITCH # 2, built 1920, carries 770 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 2-bridge count understates how much of the daily burden sits on a single crossing.
Share is of the 790 daily crossings on Poor-rated bridges that report a traffic count. Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release.
When Stevens County's bridges were built
44 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1920s 1
1920–1929
1 bridges
- 1940s 2
1940–1949
2 bridges
- 1960s 1
1960–1969
1 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
22 bridges
- 1980s 5
1980–1989
5 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
9 bridges
- 2000s 1
2000–2009
1 bridges
- 2010s 2
2010–2019
2 bridges
- 2020s 1
2020–2029
1 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1970s, when 22 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 50% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 45 to 54 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1982) matches the Minnesota average (1986).
How Stevens County compares with Minnesota's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Minnesota counties nearest Stevens County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 4.5% Poor share is the 4th-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1982 against a peer-group mean of 1987 is 5 years older.
Showing the 5 closest of 86 Minnesota counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pope County | 47 | 87.2% | 10.6% | 2.1% | 1987 |
| Sherburne County | 47 | 57.4% | 40.4% | 2.1% | 1992 |
| Hubbard County | 45 | 55.6% | 42.2% | 2.2% | 1990 |
| Stevens County (this page) | 44 | 65.9% | 29.5% | 4.5% | 1982 |
| Douglas County | 40 | 45% | 47.5% | 7.5% | 1981 |
| Mahnomen County | 40 | 67.5% | 27.5% | 5% | 1987 |
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 Stevens 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 Stevens County, both outside Minnesota so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MN (44 bridges here).
- Archuleta County, CO · 44 bridges
- Bacon County, GA · 44 bridges
- Pulaski County, GA · 44 bridges
- Rockdale County, GA · 44 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MN (1982 here).
- Oklahoma County, OK · avg 1982 · 1,216 bridges
- Jackson County, MO · avg 1982 · 930 bridges
- Milwaukee County, WI · avg 1982 · 893 bridges
- Champaign County, IL · avg 1982 · 727 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
All bridges (44)
MN 28
FairOver: MUDDY CREEK
3.6 MI W OF MORRIS, Stevens, MN
Built 1947 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 2,015
T 132
FairOver: DITCH
1.4 MI W OF ALBERTA, Stevens, MN
Built 1947 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 25
CSAH 8
FairOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
0.1 MI W OF JCT TH 59, Stevens, MN
Built 1970 Load: 30.0 t ADT: 520
CSAH 10
FairOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
0.7 MI E OF JCT TH9, Stevens, MN
Built 1967 Load: 30.7 t ADT: 1,650
MN 329
FairOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
0.4 MI NE OF JCT TH 59, Stevens, MN
Built 1977 Load: 32.3 t ADT: 397
T 143
FairOver: MUDDY CREEK (CD #2)
0.2 MI S OF JCT TH 28, Stevens, MN
Built 1995 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 30
CR 76
FairOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
0.8 MI W OF JCT CSAH 3, Stevens, MN
Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 35
T 45
FairOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
0.8 MI NE OF JCT TH 59, Stevens, MN
Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 20
T 17
FairOver: MUDDY CREEK
0.1 MI W OF JCT CR 65, Stevens, MN
Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 32
CSAH 5
FairOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
2.6 MI N OF JCT CSAH 8, Stevens, MN
Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 450
T 147
FairOver: CO DITCH # 1
0.6 MI-S OF JCT CSAH 20, Stevens, MN
Built 1979 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 4
T 121
FairOver: MUDDY CREEK
1.3 MI S OF JCT CSAH 14, Stevens, MN
Built 1979 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 25
US 59
FairOver: TH 9;BNSF RR
AT THE JCT TH 9, Stevens, MN
Built 1996 Load: 42.0 t ADT: 1,495
CSAH 4
GoodOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
0.5 MI E OF JCT CSAH 7, Stevens, MN
Built 1976 Load: 28.4 t ADT: 150
MN 28
GoodOver: CO DITCH # 2
1.0 MI W OF CHOKIO, Stevens, MN
Built 1978 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 1,035
MN 28
GoodOver: CO DITCH # 2
4.4 MI W OF ALBERTA, Stevens, MN
Built 1978 Load: 29.4 t ADT: 1,788
CR 70
GoodOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
1.1 MI E OF JCT TH 59, Stevens, MN
Built 2017 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 270
MN 28
GoodOver: CO DITCH #4
2.4 MI W OF ALBERTA, Stevens, MN
Built 2020 Load: 32.4 t ADT: 1,788
CR 58
GoodOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
0.9 MI E OF JCT CSAH 7, Stevens, MN
Built 1978 Load: 34.7 t ADT: 40
CR 65
GoodOver: MUDDY CREEK
3.0 MI SO JCT CSAH 14, Stevens, MN
Built 1997 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 55
CSAH 4
GoodOver: DITCH
0.9 MI E OF JCT CSAH 13, Stevens, MN
Built 1975 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 30
T 15
GoodOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
0.1 MI W OF JCT TH 59, Stevens, MN
Built 1976 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 30
CSAH 20
GoodOver: CHIPPEWA RIVER
0.1 MI E OF JCT CSAH 1, Stevens, MN
Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 155
T 68
GoodOver: CHIPPEWA RIVER
0.9 MI E OF JCT CSAH 1, Stevens, MN
Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 20
T 78
GoodOver: CHIPPEWA RIVER
0.5 MI E OF JCT CSAH 1, Stevens, MN
Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 19
T 136
GoodOver: CO DITCH # 4
0.2 MI N OF JCT TH 28, Stevens, MN
Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 20
T 71
GoodOver: TWELVE MILE CREEK (CD #1
0.4 MI E OF JCT CSAH 13, Stevens, MN
Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 17
T 71
GoodOver: TWELVE MILE CREEK (CD #1
0.2 MI E OF JCT CSAH 13, Stevens, MN
Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 17
CSAH 18
GoodOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
1.1 MI E OF JCT TH 59, Stevens, MN
Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 285
CSAH 17
GoodOver: TWELVE MILE CREEK
0.3 MI S OF JCT CSAH 18, Stevens, MN
Built 1979 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 30
T 152
GoodOver: TWELVE MILE CREEK
1.6 MI S OF JCT CSAH 20, Stevens, MN
Built 1980 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 8
T 157
GoodOver: TWELVE MILE CREEK
1.8 MI S OF JCT CSAH 20, Stevens, MN
Built 1980 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 8
M 16
GoodOver: CO DITCH # 2
0.4 MI N OF JCT TH 28, Stevens, MN
Built 1980 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 30
CSAH 7
GoodOver: MUDDY CREEK
1.5 MI S OF JCT TH 28, Stevens, MN
Built 1989 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 300
MN 9
GoodOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
3.2 MI SE OF MORRIS, Stevens, MN
Built 2017 Load: 37.6 t ADT: 2,100
T 41
GoodOver: N BR MUDDY CREEK
0.7 MI W OF JCT CR 65, Stevens, MN
Built 1995 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 30
CSAH 20
GoodOver: Pomme De Terre River
0.8 mi W of jct CSAH 20, Stevens, MN
Built 2001 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 45
US 59
GoodOver: STREAM
7.0 MI S OF JCT TH 9, Stevens, MN
Built 1996 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 1,950
US 59
GoodOver: MUDDY CREEK
2.0 MI S OF JCT TH 9, Stevens, MN
Built 1996 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 1,950
T 30
GoodOver: MUDDY CREEK
0.25 MI W OF JCT TH 59, Stevens, MN
Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 25
MN 28
GoodOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
0.2 MI E OF JCT TH 59, Stevens, MN
Built 1984 Load: 42.4 t ADT: 2,269
US 59
GoodOver: POMME DE TERRE RIVER
3.8 MI S OF JCT TH 9, Stevens, MN
Built 1996 Load: 43.4 t ADT: 1,950
T 28
PoorOver: CO DITCH # 2
1.4 MI W OF JCT CSAH 13, Stevens, MN
Built 1990 Load: 13.9 t ADT: 20
CSAH 13
PoorOver: CO DITCH # 2
0.4 MI N OF JCT TH28, Stevens, MN
Built 1920 Load: 24.5 t ADT: 770
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