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M 45 over Crooked Creek

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

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

M 45 over Crooked Creek in Crow Wing 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 1960, making it 65 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 15 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1986).
Its listed owner is a city or municipal highway agency.
It is one of 5 of the 73 inventoried bridges in Crow Wing County rated poor (6.8%); 5 (6.8%) 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	Steel stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 43 ft
Location	1.7 Mi W of Jct Th 6
NBI structure number	L2877
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Mn 210 over Mississippi River	1932	29,051	Fair
Mn 210 over Paul Bunyan Trail	2003	27,888	Good
Mn 371 over Mississippi River	1998	12,842	Fair
Msas 126 over Mississippi River	1974	12,100	Good
Mn 210 over Sand Creek	1931	10,100	Good
Csah 3 over Mississippi River	1950	9,200	Fair