Total bridges
147
Public highway bridges in Wabasha County
County profile · official public datasets
Wabasha County, MN
147 public highway bridges tracked in the FHWA National Bridge Inventory: 60.5% rated Good, 39.5% Fair, 0% Poor.
- 147
- Public bridges
- 60.5%
- Good condition
- 0%
- Poor condition
The verdict
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory.
Wabasha County posts a top-1% lowest Poor-condition share among rated counties in the state across mid-size county bridge inventory.
- Top 1%
- lowest Poor share in state
- 0%
- Poor-condition share
- 147
- public highway bridges
- 1985
- 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.
Wabasha County Bridge Snapshot
According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wabasha County ranks #1 of 87 Minnesota counties with at least 5 public highway bridges on Poor-condition share (lower share ranks better; currently 0%). Wabasha County, Minnesota contains 147 public highway bridges. Roughly 60.5% are rated “Good,” 39.5% “Fair,” and 0% “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
60.5%
89 of 147 rated 7-9
Fair condition
39.5%
58 of 147 rated 5-6
Poor condition
0%
0 of 147 rated 4 or below
In-state Poor-share rank
#1 of 87
Among Minnesota counties with 5+ bridges, lower share ranks better
Condition distribution
Share of 147 NBI-tracked bridges by lowest applicable component rating.
Good 60.5% (89)
Fair 39.5% (58)
Poor 0% (0)
23.8% of Wabasha County's bridges have passed the 50-year mark
35 of the 147 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 60.5% 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.
When Wabasha County's bridges were built
147 bridges with a recorded construction year, grouped by decade
- 1910s 2
1910–1919
2 bridges
- 1920s 4
1920–1929
4 bridges
- 1930s 10
1930–1939
10 bridges
- 1940s 1
1940–1949
1 bridges
- 1950s 3
1950–1959
3 bridges
- 1960s 7
1960–1969
7 bridges
- 1970s
1970–1979
22 bridges
- 1980s
1980–1989
30 bridges
- 1990s
1990–1999
28 bridges
- 2000s 11
2000–2009
11 bridges
- 2010s
2010–2019
25 bridges
- 2020s 4
2020–2029
4 bridges
What this shows Construction peaked in the 1980s, when 30 of the county's bridges still in the inventory were built, which is 20.4% of those with a recorded year. That cohort is now 35 to 44 years old in the 2024 inventory. Its average build year (1985) matches the Minnesota average (1986).
How Wabasha County compares with Minnesota's closest counties by inventory size
The 5 Minnesota counties nearest Wabasha County in number of bridges, with their condition splits. Its 0% Poor share is the 1st-lowest of these 6. Its average build year of 1985 against a peer-group mean of 1984 is in line with the group.
Showing the 5 closest of 86 Minnesota counties eligible for comparison.
| County | Bridges | Good | Fair | Poor | Avg. built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anoka County | 151 | 55% | 40.4% | 4.6% | 1990 |
| Cottonwood County | 151 | 74.8% | 23.8% | 1.3% | 1981 |
| Norman County | 149 | 75.2% | 21.5% | 3.4% | 1983 |
| Otter Tail County | 149 | 40.9% | 52.3% | 6.7% | 1980 |
| Carlton County | 147 | 51.7% | 39.5% | 8.8% | 1986 |
| Wabasha County (this page) | 147 | 60.5% | 39.5% | 0% | 1985 |
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 Wabasha 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 Wabasha County, both outside Minnesota so the neighborhoods are not the same-state size table above.
Similar inventory size
Nearest county inventories outside MN (147 bridges here).
- Barren County, KY · 147 bridges
- Avoyelles County, LA · 147 bridges
- Marquette County, MI · 147 bridges
- Craven County, NC · 147 bridges
Similar average build year
Nearest mean year-built outside MN (1985 here).
- Hillsborough County, FL · avg 1985 · 840 bridges
- Lancaster County, NE · avg 1985 · 661 bridges
- Nueces County, TX · avg 1985 · 528 bridges
- Grayson County, TX · avg 1985 · 513 bridges
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2024 release. Peers floor at 10 bridges so stub inventories cannot own the match.
Good-condition bridges (89)
T 685
GoodOver: MILLER CREEK
0.6 MI S OF JCT TH 63, Wabasha, MN
Built 1996 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 85
M 25
GoodOver: N FK WHITEWATER RIVER
0.6 MI E OF JCT TH 42, Wabasha, MN
Built 1996 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 8
CSAH 11
GoodOver: Stream
1.5 mi NE of jct CSAH 2, Wabasha, MN
Built 2002 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 125
T 131
GoodOver: STREAM
0.1 MI NE JCT CSAH 2, Wabasha, MN
Built 2003 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 50
CSAH 11
GoodOver: STREAM
2.4 MI NE OF JCT CSAH 2, Wabasha, MN
Built 2003 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 125
T 44
GoodOver: STREAM
1.5 MI N OF JCT CSAH 3, Wabasha, MN
Built 1991 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 45
CR 72
GoodOver: STREAM
0.1 MI N OF JCT TH 60, Wabasha, MN
Built 1994 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 155
CSAH 4
GoodOver: STREAM
3.2 MI SE OF JCT TH 60, Wabasha, MN
Built 1997 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 770
T 280
GoodOver: GORMAN CREEK
0.3 MI W OF JCT TH 61, Wabasha, MN
Built 1994 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 8
T 203
GoodOver: WEST INDIAN CREEK
0.4 MI S OF JCT CSAH 27, Wabasha, MN
Built 1984 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 40
T 239
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
0.1 MI S OF JCT CSAH 25, Wabasha, MN
Built 1985 Load: 39.2 t ADT: 26
MN 60
GoodOver: SPRING CREEK
5.2 MI E OF JCT TH 63, Wabasha, MN
Built 2001 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 314
CR 84
GoodOver: SNAKE CREEK
0.9 MI E OF JCT TH 61, Wabasha, MN
Built 2013 Load: 39.5 t ADT: 225
MN 60
GoodOver: TROUT BROOK
0.7 MI W OF JCT CSAH 20, Wabasha, MN
Built 2014 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 314
MN 42
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
0.2 MI S OF JCT CSAH 25, Wabasha, MN
Built 2016 Load: 39.9 t ADT: 3,952
US 63
GoodOver: MILLER CREEK
3.9 MI SW OF JCT TH 61, Wabasha, MN
Built 2015 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,434
US 63
GoodOver: MILLER CREEK
4.3 MI SW OF JCT TH 61, Wabasha, MN
Built 2015 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 2,434
T 229
GoodOver: N FK WHITEWATER RIVER
1.5 MI S OF JCT TH 42, Wabasha, MN
Built 1990 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 28
CSAH 11
GoodOver: STREAM
0.1 MI S OF JCT CR 70, Wabasha, MN
Built 1997 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 520
CR 75
GoodOver: Stream
1.6 MI SE OF JCT CSAH 16, Wabasha, MN
Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
CR 75
GoodOver: Cold Creek
2.6 MI W OF JCT TH 63, Wabasha, MN
Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100
CSAH 24
GoodOver: Old Zumbro R Channel
2.0 MI E OF JCT CSAH 30, Wabasha, MN
Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 850
T 99
GoodOver: GORMAN CREEK
0.1 MI SO OF JCT CSAH 18, Wabasha, MN
Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 25
T 98
GoodOver: Gorman Creek
0.6 MI E OF JCT CSAH 18, Wabasha, MN
Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 25
T 44
GoodOver: Stream
0.6 MI N OF JCT CSAH 3, Wabasha, MN
Built 1999 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 45
M 80
GoodOver: STREAM
1.0 MI SW OF JCT TH 60, Wabasha, MN
Built 2006 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 10
CR 70
GoodOver: STREAM
0.8 MI W OF JCT CSAH11, Wabasha, MN
Built 2014 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 180
MN 60
GoodOver: Stream
2.4 MI E OF JCT CSAH 2, Wabasha, MN
Built 2001 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 314
CR 68
GoodOver: COLD CREEK
2.6 MI N OF JCT TH 60, Wabasha, MN
Built 1993 Load: 41.2 t ADT: 45
T 87
GoodOver: TROUT BROOK
0.3 MI S OF JCT CR 83, Wabasha, MN
Built 1978 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 25
CSAH 2
GoodOver: DRY CREEK
0.1 MI S OF JCT CSAH 25, Wabasha, MN
Built 2007 Load: 42.1 t ADT: 1,300
M 7
GoodOver: N Br Zumbro R
0.1 mi W of jct CSAH 1, Wabasha, MN
Built 2001 Load: 43.7 t ADT: 165
CR 89
GoodOver: ZUMBRO RIVER
0.1 MI S OF JCT TH 60, Wabasha, MN
Built 1994 Load: 44.1 t ADT: 105
CSAH 7
GoodOver: ZUMBRO RIVER
2.2 MI W OF JCT TH 63, Wabasha, MN
Built 2011 Load: 44.9 t ADT: 520
T 35
GoodOver: WEST ALBANY CREEK
0.8 MI N OF JCT CSAH 31, Wabasha, MN
Built 1982 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 40
CSAH 4
GoodOver: WHITEWATER RIVER
3.2 MI S OF JCT TH 42, Wabasha, MN
Built 2011 Load: 51.6 t ADT: 1,100
T 152
GoodOver: SNAKE CREEK
0.8 MI W OF JCT TH 61, Wabasha, MN
Built 2018 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 60
T 131
GoodOver: LONG CREEK
3.9 MI E OF JCT CSAH 2, Wabasha, MN
Built 2012 Load: 52.2 t ADT: 54
CR 68
GoodOver: COLD CREEK
1.0 MI N OF JCT TH 60, Wabasha, MN
Built 1996 Load: 52.6 t ADT: 130
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