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Mn 27 over Twelve Mile Creek

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

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

Mn 27 over Twelve Mile Creek in Traverse 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 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1970, making it 55 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 962 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2022).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 41 of the 120 inventoried bridges in Traverse County rated fair (34.2%); 2 (1.7%) 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 161 ft
Location	6.9 Mi E of Wheaton
NBI structure number	78001
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 75 over Mustinka River	2020	1,366	Good
Mn 27 over Eighteen Mile Creek	1936	1,155	Fair
Mn Hw 28/SD Hw 10 over Lake Travrse Overflw Div	1945	1,120	Fair
US 75 over Eighteen Mile Creek	1941	1,099	Fair
US 75 over Mustinka River	1939	1,075	Fair
Mn 27 over Five Mile Creek	1962	962	Fair