State profile · Below median Poor share

Minnesota bridge safety

Condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition data for every public highway bridge in Minnesota, based on the FHWA National Bridge Inventory.

11,969
Public bridges
55.0%
Good condition
3.6%
Poor condition

Data updated May 2026

Total Bridges

11,969

Public highway bridges in Minnesota

Good Condition

55.0%

6,580 bridges rated 7-9

5.0pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

3.6%

435 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-3.4pp vs national avg 7.0%

Minnesota vs national bridge condition

Minnesota - Good condition share 55.0%
National avg

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

Minnesota - Poor-condition share 12.1%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.0%.

Condition Distribution

Minnesota63.7%32%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - Minnesota (FHWA NBI)

Counties (87)

Aitkin 85 Anoka 145 Becker 51 Beltrami 102 Benton 113 Big Stone 16 Blue Earth 178 Brown 98 Carlton 144 Carver 101 Cass 80 Chippewa 70 Chisago 42 Clay 166 Clearwater 35 Cook 40 Cottonwood 125 Crow Wing 47 Dakota 152 Dodge 120 Douglas 24 Faribault 143 Fillmore 261 Freeborn 72 Goodhue 264 Grant 28 Hennepin 980 Houston 113 Hubbard 17 Isanti 24 Itasca 76 Jackson 104 Kanabec 34 Kandiyohi 53 Kittson 109 Koochiching 53 Lac qui Parle 161 Lake 80 Lake of the Woods 59 Le Sueur 54 Lincoln 93 Lyon 222 Mahnomen 40 Marshall 208 Martin 155 McLeod 78 Meeker 58 Mille Lacs 107 Morrison 155 Mower 307 Murray 129 Nicollet 53 Nobles 299 Norman 140 Olmsted 346 Otter Tail 137 Pennington 45 Pine 158 Pipestone 182 Polk 260 Pope 46 Ramsey 318 Red Lake 55 Redwood 190 Renville 139 Rice 134 Rock 252 Roseau 137 Scott 130 Sherburne 48 Sibley 98 St. Louis 641 Stearns 225 Steele 127 Stevens 43 Swift 96 Todd 135 Traverse 115 Wabasha 138 Wadena 77 Waseca 74 Washington 112 Watonwan 155 Wilkin 191 Winona 221 Wright 74 Yellow Medicine 207

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

3.03% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$14,122

AL

Alabama

3.35% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$13,471
Selected

MN

Minnesota

3.63% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$11,969

CT

Connecticut

3.95% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$4,277

TN

Tennessee

3.97% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$20,426

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 187

Poor

Over: OKABENA CREEK

0.3 MI S OF JCT CSAH 18, Jackson, MN

Built 1905 Load: 2.9 t ADT: 10

M 8

Poor

Over: WELCOME CREEK

0.1 MI W OF CO LINE, Itasca, MN

Built 1919 Load: 3.3 t ADT: 10

CSAH 7

Poor

Over: SLEEPY EYE CREEK (JD #36

0.6 MI N OF JCT CR 66, Redwood, MN

Built 1965 Load: 3.3 t ADT: 117

M 330

Poor

Over: W SWAN RIVER

0.4 MI S OF JCT CR606, St. Louis, MN

Built 1921 Load: 3.3 t ADT: 24

CR 156

Poor

Over: MAPLE RIVER

0.1 MI S OF JCT CR 154, Blue Earth, MN

Built 1961 Load: 3.9 t ADT: 141

T 309

Poor

Over: TROUT RUN CREEK

0.9 MI E OF JCT CSAH43, Winona, MN

Built 1918 Load: 4.1 t ADT: 20

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CSAH 3

Good

Over: CANBY CREEK

0.7 MI E OF JCT TH 75, Yellow Medicine, MN

Built 1986 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 908

CR D2

Good

Over: CO DITCH # 9

1.1 MI N OF JCT CSAH 32, Yellow Medicine, MN

Built 1986 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 40

T 46

Good

Over: MUD CREEK

0.9 MI S OF JCT CSAH 31, Yellow Medicine, MN

Built 1986 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 20

CSAH 13

Good

Over: JUD DITCH # 1A

0.8 MI N OF JCT CSAH 33, Yellow Medicine, MN

Built 1986 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 512

T 18

Good

Over: STREAM

0.1 MI N OF JCT CSAH 30, Yellow Medicine, MN

Built 1986 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 30

T 38

Good

Over: SPRING CREEK

0.8 MI N OF JCT CSAH 28, Yellow Medicine, MN

Built 1985 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 20

T 58

Good

Over: LAC QUI PARLE RIVER

0.5 MI N OF S CO LINE, Yellow Medicine, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 50

T 33

Good

Over: STREAM

1.2 MI W OF JCT TH 68, Yellow Medicine, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 20

T 63

Good

Over: STREAM

0.1 MI N OF JCT CSAH 4, Yellow Medicine, MN

Built 1984 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 15

CR 74

Good

Over: MORRISON BROOK

1.0 MI W OF JCT TH 169, Aitkin, MN

Built 1994 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 306

CR 129

Good

Over: TRELIPE CREEK

0.4 MI N OF JCT CSAH 7, Cass, MN

Built 2018 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 145

CR 101

Good

Over: WILD RICE RIVER

0.1 MI S OF JCT CSAH 1;1, Mahnomen, MN

Built 1985 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 75

MN 220

Good

Over: SNAKE RIVER

0.1 MI N OF JCT TH 317, Marshall, MN

Built 2020 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 230

MN 30

Good

Over: MILL CREEK

0.1 MI W OF N JCT TH 52, Olmsted, MN

Built 2023 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 1,019

US 59

Good

Over: POPLAR RIVER

4.9 MI N OF ERSKINE, Polk, MN

Built 2013 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 1,700

CR 59

Good

Over: HEATH CREEK

2.9 MI W OF JCT TH 19, Rice, MN

Built 2012 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 495

US 53

Good

Over: RICE RIVER

6.0 MI S OF COOK, St. Louis, MN

Built 2012 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 4,178

M 915

Good

Over: TISCHERS CREEK

0.1 MI W OF JCT CSAH 9, St. Louis, MN

Built 2020 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 33

CR 56

Good

Over: POMME DE TERRE RIVER

2.1 MI E OF JCT CSAH 20, Swift, MN

Built 1987 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 45

CSAH 1

Good

Over: LONG PRAIRIE RIVER

1.3 MI S OF JCT CR 65, Todd, MN

Built 2017 Load: 36.0 t ADT: 340

T 161

Good

Over: ST FRANCIS RIVER

0.1 MI E OF JCT CSAH 6, Benton, MN

Built 2007 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 70

T 107

Good

Over: BUFFALO CREEK

0.7 MI W OF JCT CSAH 9, McLeod, MN

Built 1979 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 52

CR 210

Good

Over: Stream

1.3 mi W of jct CSAH 40, Rice, MN

Built 2001 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 95

MN 25

Good

Over: UP RR

1.8 MI N OF JCT TH 169, Scott, MN

Built 1987 Load: 36.1 t ADT: 5,036

MN 55

Good

Over: CP RAIL

3.1 MI W OF JCT TH 15; 55, Stearns, MN

Built 2005 Load: 36.2 t ADT: 3,993

CSAH 14

Good

Over: DITCH

0.3 MI W JCT HANSON BLVD, Anoka, MN

Built 2011 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 16,983

CSAH 22

Good

Over: TURTLE RIVER

0.8 MI SE OF JCT CSAH 15, Beltrami, MN

Built 2020 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 722

T 172

Good

Over: ST FRANCIS RIVER

0.1 MI E OF JCT CSAH 6, Benton, MN

Built 2007 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 82

T 36

Good

Over: PERCH CREEK

0.1 MI E OF JCT CSAH 24, Blue Earth, MN

Built 1968 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 28

CSAH 10

Good

Over: BIG COBB RIVER

0.4 MI W OF JCT TH 22, Blue Earth, MN

Built 1974 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,300

T 36

Good

Over: WILLOW CREEK

0.5 MI E OF JCT CR 146, Blue Earth, MN

Built 1977 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 40

T 474

Good

Over: BOY RIVER

1.1 MI S OF JCT CSAH 7, Cass, MN

Built 2016 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 81

MN 16

Good

Over: SPRING VALLEY CREEK

0.4 MI E OF E JCT TH 63, Fillmore, MN

Built 1992 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 2,517

T 281

Good

Over: PETER LUND CREEK

0.9 MI W OF JCT CSAH 26, Freeborn, MN

Built 2009 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 63

T 127

Good

Over: BELLE CREEK

1.0 MI S OF JCT TH 19, Goodhue, MN

Built 2017 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 49

MN 16

Good

Over: Root River

1.0 mi N of jct TH 44, Houston, MN

Built 2002 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 7,319

UT 57

Good

Over: WINTER ROAD RIVER

0.3 MI W JCT CR 75, Lake of the Woods, MN

Built 2008 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 12

CSAH 6

Good

Over: SWAN RIVER

0.2 MI S OF JCT CSAH 12, Morrison, MN

Built 2023 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 470

CSAH 28

Good

Over: BEAVER CREEK

0.2 MI N OF JCT TH 30, Murray, MN

Built 2014 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 55

T 27

Good

Over: DES MOINES RIVER

0.6 MI W OF JCT CSAH 44, Murray, MN

Built 2015 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 49

MN 30

Good

Over: N BR ROOT RIVER

4.0 MI W OF N JCT TH 52, Olmsted, MN

Built 2023 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 1,300

T 1023

Good

Over: OTTER TAIL RIVER

0.3 MI E JCT CR 111, Otter Tail, MN

Built 2006 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 314

CSAH 52

Good

Over: KETTLE RIVER

0.5 MI W OF JCT CSAH 61, Pine, MN

Built 2020 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 208

CSAH 15

Good

Over: COTTONWOOD RIVER

1.0 MI W OF JCT TH 71, Redwood, MN

Built 2014 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 420

CR 59

Good

Over: Heath Creek

1.5 mi W of jct CSAH 46, Rice, MN

Built 2001 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 85

CR 55

Good

Over: ELK CREEK

0.3 MI S OF JCT CSAH 16, Rock, MN

Built 2015 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 31

CSAH 139

Good

Over: LITTLE FORK RIVER

0.6 MI N OF JCT TH 1, St. Louis, MN

Built 1983 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 35

CSAH 41

Good

Over: LITTLE KNIFE RIVER

0.1 MI N OF JCT CR258, St. Louis, MN

Built 2018 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 380

UT 9241

Good

Over: WATER HEN CREEK

0.2 MI W OF JCT CR 322, St. Louis, MN

Built 2019 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 49

T 442

Good

Over: SWAN RIVER

0.2 MI S OF JCT CSAH12, Todd, MN

Built 2016 Load: 36.3 t ADT: 101

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