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I 35W over UP RR Cliff Rd (CSAH32)

Dakota County, Minnesota · rated Poor in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

I 35W over UP RR Cliff Rd (CSAH32) in Dakota County, Minnesota, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 94,603 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 4 of the 257 inventoried bridges in Dakota County rated poor (1.6%); 4 (1.6%) are rated poor.
A poor rating means at least one major component - deck, superstructure, or substructure - is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale. It does not by itself mean the bridge is unsafe; bridges judged unsafe are closed or load-restricted by their owners.

Component ratings


Structure	Continuous steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 154 ft
Location	0.5 Mi N of Jct Th 13
NBI structure number	6583
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 494 over Csah 56 (concord Street)	1980	103,528	Fair
I 494 over UP Railroad Hardman Ave	1988	103,528	Fair
I 494 over Th 13; UP RR	1973	88,714	Fair
I 35E over Marie Avenue	1966	80,925	Fair
US 52 over Pedestrian Trail	1990	53,893	Good
I 35E over I 35W	1964	53,185	Fair