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Csah 18 over Wood Lake Creek (jd #10)

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

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

Csah 18 over Wood Lake Creek (jd #10) 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 deck, rated 6 (satisfactory condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1966, making it 59 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 573 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2021).
Its listed owner is the county 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 channel beam
Length	about 69 ft
Location	1.2 Mi W of Jct Th 67
NBI structure number	87504
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	1983	5,679	Fair
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