M 605 over Water Works Park Trail

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

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

• M 605 over Water Works Park Trail in Hennepin 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 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
• It was built in 1999, making it 26 years old at the 2025 inventory.
• It carries about 3,842 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2015).
• Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
• It is one of 520 of the 941 inventoried bridges in Hennepin County rated fair (55.3%); 41 (4.4%) are rated poor.
• Its traffic status in the 2025 inventory is open, no restriction (NBI item 41).
• It was rated good in the 2024 inventory and is now fair (superstructure 7 to 6).
• Its most recent inspection on record is dated August 2024, on a 12-month routine inspection cycle.
• It has fracture-critical members (NBI item 92A): steel tension members without a redundant load path, which get their own scheduled inspections.
• 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.

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

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