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Bridge conditions in Beltrami County, Minnesota

101 inventoried bridges · 3 rated poor · 2025 National Bridge Inventory

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

Beltrami County tracks close to typical: 3 of its 101 inventoried bridges (3.0%) are rated poor, against a national rate of about 7%.

3 of the 101 bridges in Beltrami County, Minnesota, are rated in poor condition (3.0%) in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory, as of August 20, 2026.
64 bridges (63.4%) are rated good and 34 (33.7%) fair.
The median Beltrami County bridge was built in 1986.
The busiest poor-rated bridge is Mn 72 over Tamarac River (built 1962), carrying about 792 vehicles a day.

Good 63.4% · Fair 33.7% · Poor 3.0% of 101 bridges

Bridges rated poor

Every bridge in the county with a poor rating, busiest first. Poor means a major component is rated 4 or lower on FHWA's 0-9 scale; it is a repair flag, not a closure notice.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Mn 72 over Tamarac River	1962	792	Poor
Csah 38 over S Br Battle River	1957	90	Poor
T 393 over Shotley Brook	1917	1	Poor

Busiest bridges in the county

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
Mn 197 over Mississippi River	2002	11,600	Good
Mn 197 over Mississippi River	2002	11,600	Fair
US 2 over BNSF; Cp Rail	1978	7,850	Fair
US 2 over BNSF; Cp Rail	1978	7,850	Fair
Mn 1 over Pike Creek	2020	6,000	Good
US 2 over Csah 7	1978	5,200	Good
US 2 over Csah 7	1978	5,007	Fair
US 2 over Mississippi River	1979	5,007	Fair
US 2 over Mississippi River	1979	5,007	Good
US 71 over US 2	1978	4,850	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025. Counts cover inventoried highway bridges over 20 feet; ratings are reported by the state DOT.

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