State profile · Below median Poor share

Minnesota bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in Minnesota.

13,532
Public bridges
56.7%
Good condition
4.4%
Poor condition

Minnesota holds 13,532 public highway bridges (#21 of 52 by inventory) with a 4.44% Poor share (#40 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 4.4% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 13 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

13,532

Public highway bridges in Minnesota

Good Condition

56.7%

7,667 bridges rated 7-9

6.7pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

4.4%

601 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-3.1pp vs national avg 7.5%

Minnesota vs national bridge condition

Minnesota - Good condition share 56.7%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

Minnesota - Poor-condition share 14.8%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

Minnesota in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Minnesota has 13,532 bridges and a 4.4% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #13 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: Minnesota has 13,532 bridges and a 4.4% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #13 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

Minnesota vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

13,532 21st of 54 higher than 33 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for Minnesota

The highlighted point is Minnesota: 13,532 bridges and 4.44% in Poor condition, rank #13 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below Minnesota on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Virginia: 14,120 bridges · 3.39% Poor
  • Tennessee: 20,379 bridges · 4.41% Poor
  • Minnesota: 13,532 bridges · 4.44% Poor
  • New Mexico: 4,035 bridges · 4.51% Poor
  • Maryland: 5,484 bridges · 4.56% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in Minnesota

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 13,532 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains Minnesota’s inventory

State agency holds 27.9% of the 13,532 public highway bridges filed under Minnesota in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When Minnesota’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 7.6% of the 13,532 bridges with a recorded original year in Minnesota. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

Minnesota56.7%38.9%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Minnesota (FHWA NBI)

Counties (87)

Aitkin 96 Anoka 151 Becker 53 Beltrami 101 Benton 117 Big Stone 17 Blue Earth 193 Brown 108 Carlton 147 Carver 115 Cass 85 Chippewa 116 Chisago 61 Clay 225 Clearwater 50 Cook 58 Cottonwood 151 Crow Wing 73 Dakota 259 Dodge 177 Douglas 40 Faribault 226 Fillmore 348 Freeborn 142 Goodhue 333 Grant 31 Hennepin 936 Houston 172 Hubbard 45 Isanti 37 Itasca 170 Jackson 182 Kanabec 82 Kandiyohi 94 Kittson 160 Koochiching 98 Lac qui Parle 174 Lake 90 Lake of the Woods 62 Le Sueur 68 Lincoln 106 Lyon 234 Mahnomen 40 Marshall 215 Martin 162 McLeod 77 Meeker 63 Mille Lacs 107 Morrison 164 Mower 343 Murray 134 Nicollet 54 Nobles 304 Norman 149 Olmsted 365 Otter Tail 149 Pennington 49 Pine 171 Pipestone 185 Polk 268 Pope 47 Ramsey 341 Red Lake 59 Redwood 200 Renville 141 Rice 142 Rock 265 Roseau 142 Scott 129 Sherburne 47 Sibley 102 St. Louis 663 Stearns 229 Steele 134 Stevens 44 Swift 97 Todd 136 Traverse 121 Wabasha 147 Wadena 77 Waseca 83 Washington 112 Watonwan 167 Wilkin 196 Winona 237 Wright 74 Yellow Medicine 218

Minnesota vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)

States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below Minnesota on the same metric.

VA

Virginia

3.39% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$14,120

TN

Tennessee

4.41% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$20,379
Selected

MN

Minnesota

4.44% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$13,532

NM

New Mexico

4.51% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$4,035

MD

Maryland

4.56% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$5,484

Bridges Needing Most Attention in Minnesota

Six lowest-condition bridges in Minnesota, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

T 484

Poor

Over: N BR ROOT RIVER

0.6 MI S OF JCT CSAH 5, Fillmore, MN

Built 1922 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 62

CR 118

Poor

Over: S BR ROOT RIVER

0.1 MI N OF JCT CSAH 12, Fillmore, MN

Built 1899 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 170

CR 51

Poor

Over: REDWOOD RIVER

0.9 MI S OF JCT CSAH 30, Redwood, MN

Built 1962 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 15

T 1331

Poor

Over: NOKASIPPI RIVER

0.2 MI N OF JCT CSAH 2, Crow Wing, MN

Built 1908 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 20

M 12

Poor

Over: STREAM

IN ZUMBROTA, Goodhue, MN

Built 1935 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 60

T 76

Poor

Over: BUFFALO RIVER

0.8 MI W OF JCT CSAH 5, Clay, MN

Built 1959 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 9

All Bridges in Minnesota

CSAH 21

Good

Over: EIGHT MILE CREEK

1.6 MI SE OF JCT FORT RD., Nicollet, MN

Built 1932 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 700

CSAH 18

Good

Over: WATONWAN RIVER

0.9 MI N OF JCT CR116, Watonwan, MN

Built 1920 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 85

CR 116

Good

Over: ST JAMES CREEK

0.2 MI W OF JCT CSAH16, Watonwan, MN

Built 1938 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 100

I 94

Good

Over: HOBOKEN CREEK

1.8 MI NW OF JCT TH 71, Stearns, MN

Built 1971 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 22,400

CR 56

Good

Over: LITTLE ROCK RIVER

1.9 MI E OF JCT CSAH 13, Nobles, MN

Built 1976 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 50

MN 210

Good

Over: POWER CO WATER PIPE

4.3 MI E OF JCT TH 45, Carlton, MN

Built 1975 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 710

MN 60

Good

Over: ST JAMES CREEK

4.3 MI NE OF JCT TH 4, Watonwan, MN

Built 1977 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 5,330

CR 87

Good

Over: FREEMANS CREEK

1.3 MI S OF JCT CSAH 14, Todd, MN

Built 1974 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 45

T 1482

Good

Over: VERMILLION RIVER

0.2 MI W OF JCT CSAH 9, Dakota, MN

Built 1982 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 185

T 42

Good

Over: RUFFY BROOK

0.8 MI E OF JCT CSAH 5, Clearwater, MN

Built 1984 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 105

CSAH 29

Good

Over: SAND CREEK

2.0 MI E OF JCT TH 13, Le Sueur, MN

Built 1988 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 2,350

US 75

Good

Over: CO DITCH # 1

2.5 MI S OF HALSTAD, Norman, MN

Built 1986 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 1,637

MN 15

Good

Over: JUD DITCH # 1A

5.8 MI S OF JCT TH 19, Sibley, MN

Built 1985 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 3,921

T 132

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

2.2 MI W OF JCT TH 59, Mahnomen, MN

Built 1986 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 15

MN 68

Good

Over: STREAM

1.3 MI SE OF CANBY, Yellow Medicine, MN

Built 1986 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 2,050

MSAS 104

Good

Over: PED WALK

0.4 MI S OF JCT TH 13, Dakota, MN

Built 1969 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 5,200

T 64

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

0.9 MI W OF JCT CSAH 11, Rock, MN

Built 1991 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 49

T 178

Good

Over: DEAD MOOSE RIVER

0.9 MI S OF JCT CSAH 6, Carlton, MN

Built 1991 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 13

T 325

Good

Over: PINE RIVER

0.1 MI W OF JCT CR 118, Cass, MN

Built 1993 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 50

T 152

Good

Over: STREAM

0.2 MI N OF JCT CSAH 18, Nobles, MN

Built 1988 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 34

T 60

Good

Over: SPRING BRANCH CREEK

0.2 MI N OF JCT CSAH 26, Watonwan, MN

Built 1972 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 25

M 16

Good

Over: BITTER CREEK

AT THE JCT 2ND ST, Goodhue, MN

Built 1972 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 7,100

T 246

Good

Over: CO DITCH # 37

1.1 MI S OF JCT CSAH 39, Norman, MN

Built 1974 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 24

T 79

Good

Over: BIG SWAMP CREEK

0.2 MI E OF JCT CSAH 18, Wadena, MN

Built 1987 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 21

T 64

Good

Over: LITTLE BEAVER CREEK

1.8 MI W OF JCT TH 75, Rock, MN

Built 1987 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 55

T 77

Good

Over: FELTON CRK (DITCH #45)

1.2 MI S OF JCT CR 108, Clay, MN

Built 1987 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 15

T 73

Good

Over: STREAM

0.9 MI E OF JCT CSAH 19, Rock, MN

Built 2014 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 1

M 43

Good

Over: BREWERY CREEK

0.1 MI N OF JCT CSAH 58, Stearns, MN

Built 1959 Load: 26.1 t ADT: 1

CSAH 19

Good

Over: NARROWS CHAN; CIRCLE RD

0.8 MI S OF JCT CSAH 15, Hennepin, MN

Built 1964 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 10,368

CSAH 26

Good

Over: E FK DES MOINES RIVER

1.2 MI E OF W CO LINE, Martin, MN

Built 1981 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 1,229

T 101

Good

Over: JD # 14

1.5 MI N JCT CSAH 14, Traverse, MN

Built 2007 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 12

T 240

Good

Over: N BR TWO RIVERS

0.9 MI N OF JCT CSAH 17, Kittson, MN

Built 1980 Load: 26.2 t ADT: 12

US 71

Good

Over: BNSF RAIL; ST

1.2 MI N OF JCT TH 12, Kandiyohi, MN

Built 1983 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 9,172

M 65

Good

Over: BNSF RR; BASSETT CREEK

0.5 MI W OF JCT CSAH 2, Hennepin, MN

Built 1930 Load: 26.3 t ADT: 1,603

CSAH 14

Good

Over: LITTLE COBB RIVER

1.5 MI S OF JCT CSAH 10, Blue Earth, MN

Built 1986 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 480

CSAH 13

Good

Over: I 35

3.6 MI N OF JCT TH 27, Carlton, MN

Built 1968 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 660

CSAH 5

Good

Over: S BR MID FK ZUMBRO RIVER

2.1 MI N OF JCT TH 14, Dodge, MN

Built 1986 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 61

CSAH 13

Good

Over: I 35

5.3 MI N OF IOWA ST LINE, Freeborn, MN

Built 1970 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 960

MSAS 197

Good

Over: BNSF RR

0.3 MI N OF HENN; CENTRAL, Hennepin, MN

Built 1990 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 2,050

CSAH 73

Good

Over: BNSF RR

0.2 MI S JCT CSAH 16, Hennepin, MN

Built 2007 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 11,668

CSAH 46

Good

Over: I 35W

2.0 MI N OF JCT MN 62, Hennepin, MN

Built 2008 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 13,900

MN 200

Good

Over: WILD RICE RIVER

0.9 MI E OF JCT TH 59, Mahnomen, MN

Built 1973 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 1,507

CSAH 46

Good

Over: KETTLE RIVER

3.2 MI W OF JCT CSAH 61, Pine, MN

Built 1985 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 394

CSAH 16

Good

Over: S FK WATONWAN RIVER

2.0 MI E OF JCT CSAH 13, Watonwan, MN

Built 1987 Load: 26.5 t ADT: 45

FR2171

Good

Over: MISSISSIPPI RIVER

4.1 MI NE OF JCT CSAH 10, Beltrami, MN

Built 1971 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 34

HULM ROAD

Good

Over: RICE RIVER

4.6 MI N OF JCT CSAH 68, St. Louis, MN

Built 1981 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 60

CSAH 3

Good

Over: RED RIVER OF THE NORTH

1.6 MI W OF JCT TH 75, Norman, MN

Built 2007 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 202

T 676

Good

Over: OTTER TAIL RIVER

1.3 MI W OF JCT CSAH 35, Otter Tail, MN

Built 2010 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 20

US 12

Good

Over: CHIPPEWA RIVER

1.1 MI W OF BENSON, Swift, MN

Built 1971 Load: 26.6 t ADT: 2,135

CSAH 4

Good

Over: STREAM

0.1 MI E OF JCT CR 52, Rock, MN

Built 1927 Load: 26.7 t ADT: 590

Showing 5,501-5,550 of 13,532 bridges

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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