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Csah 17 over Hawk Creek

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

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

Csah 17 over Hawk Creek in Chippewa County, Minnesota, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1972, making it 53 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 95 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 51 of the 116 inventoried bridges in Chippewa County rated fair (44.0%); 7 (6.0%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 111 ft
Location	0.5 Mi E of Jct Csah 3
NBI structure number	12523
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Mn 29 over Parkway Ave	2020	7,439	Good
US 212 over Minnesota River	1986	7,300	Fair
Mn 23 over Hawk Creek	2000	5,278	Good
Csah 15 over Chippewa River	1955	5,000	Fair
Mn 29 over Tcw Rail	2017	4,050	Good
Mn 7 over Co Ditch # 11	1977	3,804	Fair