Wadena County, MN

77 public highway bridges

Wadena County Bridge Snapshot

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, Wadena County, Minnesota contains 77 public highway bridges. Roughly 79.2% are rated “Good,” 16.9% “Fair,” and 3.9% “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.

77
Total Bridges
79.2%
Good
16.9%
Fair
3.9%
Poor Condition

Condition Distribution

Good
79.2% (61)
Fair
16.9% (13)
Poor
3.9% (3)

All Bridges (77)

T 72

Good

Over: RED EYE RIVER

0.8 MI W OF JCT TH 71, Wadena, MN

Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 40

CSAH 18

Good

Over: BIG SWAMP CREEK

0.3 MI S OF JCT CR 145, Wadena, MN

Built 2002 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 317

M 5

Good

Over: PARTRIDGE RIVER

0.2 MI W OF JCT CSAH 2, Wadena, MN

Built 2003 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 100

T 45

Good

Over: HAY CREEK

1.2 MI E OF JCT CR 118, Wadena, MN

Built 2004 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 20

CSAH 12

Good

Over: CAT RIVER

7.8 MI E OF JCT TH 71, Wadena, MN

Built 2011 Load: 40.8 t ADT: 715

CR 104

Good

Over: WING RIVER

0.2 MI E OF JCT CR 109, Wadena, MN

Built 1997 Load: 41.1 t ADT: 287

CSAH 12

Good

Over: RED EYE RIVER

1.3 MI E OF JCT TH 71, Wadena, MN

Built 1984 Load: 41.5 t ADT: 1,144

CSAH 21

Good

Over: SHELL RIVER

1.1 MI W OF JCT CSAH23, Wadena, MN

Built 1998 Load: 41.7 t ADT: 609

CSAH 2

Good

Over: PARTRIDGE RIVER

0.3 MI E OF JCT CR 120, Wadena, MN

Built 2009 Load: 41.8 t ADT: 350

US 71

Good

Over: RED EYE RIVER

0.1 MI S OF JCT TH 227, Wadena, MN

Built 1997 Load: 42.3 t ADT: 3,184

CSAH 26

Good

Over: RED EYE RIVER

0.9 MI S OF JCT CSAH 7, Wadena, MN

Built 1996 Load: 42.9 t ADT: 265

T 221

Good

Over: Red Eye River

0.3 MI N OF JCT TH 227, Wadena, MN

Built 2002 Load: 43.8 t ADT: 36

CSAH 26

Good

Over: PARTRIDGE RIVER

0.3 MI N OF JCT CSAH 2, Wadena, MN

Built 2012 Load: 44.4 t ADT: 265

CR 118

Good

Over: LEAF RIVER

0.5 MI N OF JCT CR 121, Wadena, MN

Built 1999 Load: 45.4 t ADT: 80

CSAH 7

Good

Over: RED EYE RIVER

1.2 MI W OF JCT CSAH 26, Wadena, MN

Built 2011 Load: 47.5 t ADT: 306

US 71

Good

Over: LEAF RIVER

3.3 MI N OF JCT TH 10, Wadena, MN

Built 1997 Load: 49.0 t ADT: 3,467

CR 109

Good

Over: Leaf River

202 mi SE of jct CSAH 6, Wadena, MN

Built 2001 Load: 49.5 t ADT: 116

T 185

Good

Over: RED EYE RIVER

0.3 MI S OF JCT CSAH 7, Wadena, MN

Built 2001 Load: 50.2 t ADT: 23

CSAH 15

Good

Over: CROW WING RIVER

4.2 MI E OF JCT CSAH 23, Wadena, MN

Built 1996 Load: 51.3 t ADT: 260

CR 133

Good

Over: RED EYE RIVER

0.3 MI S OF JCT TH 227, Wadena, MN

Built 1996 Load: 51.8 t ADT: 471

CSAH 8

Good

Over: RED EYE RIVER

0.2 MI W OF JCT TH 71, Wadena, MN

Built 1993 Load: 52.0 t ADT: 1,533

CSAH 20

Good

Over: LEAF RIVER

3.1 MI N OF JCT TH 10, Wadena, MN

Built 1996 Load: 52.3 t ADT: 885

CSAH 10

Good

Over: RED EYE RIVER

2.1 MI E OF JCT CSAH 23, Wadena, MN

Built 1996 Load: 53.0 t ADT: 91

T 380

Good

Over: SHELL RIVER

0.8 MI NW OF JCT CSAH 21, Wadena, MN

Built 1996 Load: 53.8 t ADT: 58

CSAH 1

Poor

Over: WING RIVER

0.4 MI E OF JCT CR107, Wadena, MN

Built 1962 Load: 4.9 t ADT: 207

CSAH 9

Poor

Over: RED EYE RIVER

2.9 MI E OF JCT CSAH22, Wadena, MN

Built 1965 Load: 18.0 t ADT: 325

CSAH 12

Poor

Over: CROW WING RIVER

0.1 MI E OF JCT TH227, Wadena, MN

Built 1958 Load: 36.4 t ADT: 643
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