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US 71 over BNSF Rail; St

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

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

US 71 over BNSF Rail; St in Kandiyohi 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 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 9,100 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2018).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 44 of the 93 inventoried bridges in Kandiyohi County rated good (47.3%); 15 (16.1%) 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 276 ft
Location	1.2 Mi N of Jct Th 12
NBI structure number	34011
Condition class	Good

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 71 over Ditch	1932	17,300	Fair
Msas 153 over BNSF RR; US 12; Sts	1992	13,600	Fair
Mn 23 over Mid Fk Crow River	2002	9,669	Good
US 12 over BNSF Rail	1938	9,500	Good
US 71 over Old Th 71 NB (mn 994A)	1983	9,000	Good
US 71 over Co Ditch # 23A	1979	7,782	Good