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US 63 over Bear Creek

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

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

US 63 over Bear Creek in Mower County, Minnesota, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1969, making it 56 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 4,170 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 162 of the 343 inventoried bridges in Mower County rated fair (47.2%); 28 (8.2%) 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 142 ft
Location	2.4 Mi N of W Jct Th 16
NBI structure number	50002
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Con 2589 over I 90	2010	27,200	Good
I 90 over Dobbins Creek	2009	18,300	Good
I 90 over Rose Creek	1959	13,166	Poor
I 90 over Rose Creek	1959	13,166	Fair
I 90 EB over Cedar River	2024	11,649	Good
I 90 over Cedar River	1958	11,649	Fair