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US 14 over UP RR

Blue Earth County, Minnesota · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

US 14 over UP RR in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1977, making it 48 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15,742 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 93 of the 193 inventoried bridges in Blue Earth County rated fair (48.2%); 12 (6.2%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 160 ft
Location	1.4 Mi E of Jct Th 169
NBI structure number	07015
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the Minnesota department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 14 over Minn River; Trail	1976	39,000	Fair
US 14 over Th 169	1976	39,000	Fair
US 169 over Minn R UP RR; Str	1960	34,432	Fair
US 169 over Sibley St	1992	23,523	Fair
US 169 over Off Ramp From US 169	1987	23,523	Fair
Unu 169 over Minn R UP RR; Street	1985	22,949	Poor