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T 76 over Buffalo River

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

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

T 76 over Buffalo River in Clay 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 2 (critical condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1959, making it 66 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 9 vehicles a day (traffic count year 1986).
Its listed owner is a town or township highway agency.
It is one of 11 of the 224 inventoried bridges in Clay County rated poor (4.9%); 11 (4.9%) 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 40 ft
Location	0.8 Mi W of Jct Csah 5
NBI structure number	L8275
Condition class	Poor

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

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I 94 over Co Ditch # 47	2003	36,000	Good
I 94 over Red River;str	1958	34,455	Fair
I 94 over Red River;str	1958	34,455	Fair
Msas 126 over I 94	1973	22,815	Fair
Msas 135 over BNSF RR; Cd #4	1997	17,960	Fair
US 10 over Co Ditch # 41	1997	17,041	Good