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M 30 over US 169

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

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

M 30 over US 169 in Itasca 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 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 8,600 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2017).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 79 of the 171 inventoried bridges in Itasca County rated fair (46.2%); 8 (4.7%) 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	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 80 ft
Location	6.0 Mi NE of E Jct Th 2
NBI structure number	31004
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 169 over Mississippi River	1932	16,400	Good
Msas 119 over Mississippi River	1975	10,300	Fair
US 2 over Bass Brook	1931	9,600	Fair
US 169 over Csah 61	1966	9,100	Good
US 169 over Pokegama Lake	2006	8,800	Fair
M 30 over Mesabi Trail	1918	8,600	Fair