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US 61 over Im Rail and Street

Houston County, Minnesota · rated Good in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

US 61 over Im Rail and Street in Houston County, Minnesota, is rated in good condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 7 (good condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 2007, making it 18 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15,200 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 107 of the 170 inventoried bridges in Houston County rated good (62.9%); 5 (2.9%) are rated poor.
A good rating means every major component - deck, superstructure, substructure, or culvert - is rated 7 or higher on FHWA's 0-9 scale: no more than minor problems.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 196 ft
Location	0.1 Mi E of Jct Mn 16
NBI structure number	28022
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 61 over Ditch	1926	16,334	Fair
Mn 16 over Pine Creek	1990	10,031	Fair
Mn 16 over Pine Creek	1931	10,031	Fair
US 61 over Mississippi River	1993	9,000	Good
US 61 over Mississippi River	1992	7,600	Fair
Mn 16 over Root River	2002	7,319	Fair