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Csah 7 over Buffalo Creek

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

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

Csah 7 over Buffalo Creek in McLeod County, Minnesota, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1975, making it 50 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 811 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county highway agency.
It is one of 34 of the 77 inventoried bridges in McLeod County rated fair (44.2%); 4 (5.2%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 147 ft
Location	0.7 Mi S of Jct CR 53
NBI structure number	43512
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Mn 15 over S Fk Crow River	2006	11,100	Good
Msas 117 over South Fork Crow River	1978	9,300	Fair
Msas 117 over Luce Line Trail; Ditch	1978	9,300	Fair
Mn 7 over Otter Creek	1936	7,626	Fair
Csah 25 over South Fork Crow River	1996	7,300	Fair
Mn 22 over S Fk Crow River	1989	6,462	Good