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 3

Fair

Over: DRY RUN

0.4 MI N OF JCT CSAH 14, Olmsted, MN

Built 1938 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 900

CR 157

Fair

Over: STREAM

0.2 MI S OF JCT TH 22, Blue Earth, MN

Built 1940 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 155

I 35W

Fair

Over: RICE CREEK

0.3 Mi N OF S JCT TH 10, Ramsey, MN

Built 1963 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 128,000

US 169

Fair

Over: MINNEHAHA CREEK

0.7 MI N OF JCT TH 7, Hennepin, MN

Built 1967 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 95,000

CSAH 36

Fair

Over: LAC QUI PARLE RIVER

0.3 MI W OF JCT TH 75, Yellow Medicine, MN

Built 1975 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 501

CR 226

Fair

Over: GRAND MARAIS RIVER

2.8 MI E OF JCT TH 220, Polk, MN

Built 1976 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 120

CR 76

Fair

Over: POMME DE TERRE RIVER

0.8 MI W OF JCT CSAH 3, Stevens, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 35

T 45

Fair

Over: POMME DE TERRE RIVER

0.8 MI NE OF JCT TH 59, Stevens, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 20

T 140

Fair

Over: DUSCHEE CREEK

0.1 MI S OF JCT TH 16, Fillmore, MN

Built 1976 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 270

CR 56

Fair

Over: W BR LITTLE ROCK RIVER

0.7 MI E OF JCT CSAH 15, Nobles, MN

Built 1976 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 50

CSAH 14

Fair

Over: CO DITCH # 9

3.0 MI N OF JCT CSAH 51, Polk, MN

Built 1976 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 366

CR 103

Fair

Over: CEDAR RUN

0.6 MI S OF N. CO. LINE, Martin, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 94

CSAH 5

Fair

Over: STREAM

2.8 MI N OF JCT CSAH 24, Dodge, MN

Built 1975 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 282

CR Y

Fair

Over: JD #11

0.4 MI S OF JCT CSAH 6, Dodge, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 25

CSAH 21

Fair

Over: STORER CREEK

2.1 MI E OF JCT CSAH 9, Houston, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 382

CSAH 27

Fair

Over: DRY RUN

4.0 MI W OF JCT TH 76, Houston, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 303

T 69

Fair

Over: WINNEBAGO CREEK

0.1 MI W OF JCT CSAH 5, Houston, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 12

T 138

Fair

Over: CROOKED CREEK

0.3 MI N OF JCT CR 249, Houston, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 12

T 37

Fair

Over: S FK ZUMBRO RIVER

1.3 MI N OF JCT TH 30, Dodge, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 33

CSAH 1

Fair

Over: CO DITCH # 13

4.4 MI N OF JCT TH 212, McLeod, MN

Built 1976 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 1,700

CSAH 3

Fair

Over: JD #11

0.4 MI S OF JCT CSAH 6, Dodge, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 229

CSAH 30

Fair

Over: POPLAR RIVER

0.2 MI E OF JCT CSAH 8, Polk, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 190

CSAH 16

Fair

Over: STREAM

0.1 MI W OF JCT CSAH 9, Dodge, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 663

T 249

Fair

Over: FERNDALE BROOK

0.2 MI S OF JCT TH 16, Houston, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 48

CSAH 5

Fair

Over: SAND CREEK

0.1 MI N OF JCT CSAH 52, St. Louis, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 475

T 350

Fair

Over: CD #43

0.8 MI N OF JCT CSAH 33, Freeborn, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 38

T 328

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.5 MI W OF JCT CSAH 12, Goodhue, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 32

T 630

Fair

Over: PELICAN RIVER

0.5 MI N OF JCT TH 59, Otter Tail, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 123

T 266

Fair

Over: BUTTERFIELD CREEK

1.6 MI SE OF JCT TH 44, Houston, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 36

T 220

Fair

Over: BUTTERFIELD CREEK

1.8 MI SE OF JCT TH 44, Houston, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 12

M 8

Fair

Over: RUSH CREEK

0.2 MI S OF JCT TH 361, Chisago, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 300

CSAH 1

Fair

Over: S BR MID FK ZUMBRO RIVER

1.7 MI S OF JCT CSAH 20, Dodge, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 1,000

CSAH 1

Fair

Over: JUD DITCH # 7

1.3 MI S OF JCT TH 14, Dodge, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 270

CSAH 18

Fair

Over: SPRING BROOK

0.4 MI N OF JCT CSAH 3, Houston, MN

Built 1979 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 347

T 199

Fair

Over: STREAM

1.3 MI S OF JCT CSAH 20, Nobles, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 49

T 40

Fair

Over: WINNEBAGO CREEK

0.1 MI S OF JCT CSAH 5, Houston, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 12

T 23

Fair

Over: STREAM

0.7 MI N OF JCT CR 56, Nobles, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 49

CR 63

Fair

Over: DITCH

1.0 MI S OF JCT CSAH 20, Waseca, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 110

CR 51

Fair

Over: LITTLE LE SUEUR RIVER

0.9 MI S OF JCT CSAH 4, Waseca, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 310

T 10

Fair

Over: BOOT CREEK

1.0 MI S;W OF JCT CSAH 1, Waseca, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 8

T 32

Fair

Over: BULL RUN CREEK

1.4 MI N OF JCT CSAH 31, Waseca, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 54

T 173

Fair

Over: STREAM

0.1 MI N OF JCT CR 74, Waseca, MN

Built 1977 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 36

CSAH 5

Fair

Over: STREAM

0.2 MI E OF JCT CSAH 23, Houston, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 66

T 131

Fair

Over: STREAM

0.3 MI S OF JCT CSAH 16, Dodge, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 523

T 13

Fair

Over: STREAM

0.4 MI N OF JCT CSAH 6, Nobles, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 49

CR 116

Fair

Over: PELICAN RIVER

1.3 MI E OF JCT CSAH 21, Otter Tail, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 185

CSAH 91

Fair

Over: MILLERS CREEK

0.1 MI N OF JCT TH 53, St. Louis, MN

Built 1980 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 10,000

CSAH 10

Fair

Over: STREAM

0.3 MI NE OF JCT TH 25, Carver, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 2,300

T 128

Fair

Over: SILVER CREEK

0.9 MI N OF JCT CSAH 52, Carver, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 75

CSAH 4

Fair

Over: LITTLE COBB RIVER

0.2 MI W OF JCT TH 83, Waseca, MN

Built 1978 Load: 35.9 t ADT: 100

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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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