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US 212 over Minnesota River

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

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

US 212 over Minnesota River in Yellow Medicine 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 1983, making it 42 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 5,679 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 65 of the 218 inventoried bridges in Yellow Medicine County rated fair (29.8%); 6 (2.8%) 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	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 318 ft
Location	0.3 Mi SW of Jct Th 29
NBI structure number	87021
Condition class	Fair

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Mn 23 over Stream	1978	6,889	Good
US 212 over Minnesota River Overflow	1989	4,276	Good
Mn 23 over Mpli Rail	1977	3,636	Good
Mn 23 over Yellow Medicine River	1977	3,636	Good
Mn 23 over Judicial Ditch #24	2020	3,636	Good
Mn 23 over Hazel Creek	2020	3,636	Good