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M 22 over Cottonwood River

Redwood County, Minnesota · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

M 22 over Cottonwood River in Redwood County, Minnesota, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1918, making it 107 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 70 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1971).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 24 of the 201 inventoried bridges in Redwood County rated poor (11.9%); 24 (11.9%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Concrete girder and floorbeam
Length	about 142 ft
Location	0.6 Mi S of Jct Csah 15
NBI structure number	1238
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Mn 19 over Redwood River	1934	6,700	Good
Mn 19 over Mpli Rail	1996	5,343	Fair
Mn 19 over Sulpher Lake	1997	5,343	Fair
Mn 19 over Minnesota River	1997	5,343	Good
Mn 19 over Crow Creek	1997	4,735	Fair
Mn 19 over Ramsey Creek	1973	3,483	Fair