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M 98 over Sand Creek

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

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

M 98 over Sand Creek in Scott 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1967, making it 58 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 680 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1998).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 45 of the 129 inventoried bridges in Scott County rated fair (34.9%); 1 (0.8%) 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	0.2 Mi SE of TH21
NBI structure number	70506
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 Deans Lake Outlet	1994	66,622	Good
Mn 13 over Credit River	1939	54,000	Fair
Mn 101 over Th 13	2012	54,000	Fair
Mn 13 over Dakota Ave	2023	54,000	Good
US 169 over Stream	1994	47,006	Good
US 169 over Stream	1995	40,000	Fair