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T 530 over BNSF RR

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

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

T 530 over BNSF RR in Polk County, Minnesota, is rated in poor condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the substructure, rated 4 (poor condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1925, making it 100 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 36 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1973).
It is one of 8 of the 269 inventoried bridges in Polk County rated poor (3.0%); 8 (3.0%) 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	Timber stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 103 ft
Location	0.5 Mi W of Jct Th 2
NBI structure number	L7619
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
US 2 over Red River	1963	15,475	Fair
US 2 over 4th ST NW	1964	13,700	Fair
US 2B over Red River	1929	13,400	Fair
Msas 119 over Red Lake River	1980	7,400	Fair
Msas 113 over Red River of the North	1967	6,630	Fair
US 2 over Red Lake River	1990	4,760	Fair