Oldest Bridges in Minnesota

The oldest bridge in Minnesota is the Mn 5 over Rcrra in Ramsey County, built in 1884, and it still carries about 21,500 vehicles a day.

Age, drawn to scale

The 10 oldest in Minnesota, one timeline

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1Mn 5 over RcrraMN · 1884 · 22k/day 2M 2105 over E Chan Mississippi RiverMN · 1887 · 2.5k/day 3M 1608 over Minnehaha CreekMN · 1890 · 4.3k/day 4T 516 over Beaver CreekMN · 1890 · 1/day 5Service RD over South Fork Zumbro RiverMN · 1895 · 75/day 6CR 118 over S Br Root RiverMN · 1899 · 170/day 7T 362 over N Fk Crow RiverMN · 1899 · 24/day 8Mn 21 over StreamMN · 1900 · 6.9k/day 9T 313 over StreamMN · 1900 · 30/day 10Csah 7 over StreamMN · 1900 · 620/day For scale: the Brooklyn BridgeNY · 1883 · 111k/day

Each bar runs from the year the bridge was built to today, colored by its overall condition (green good, orange fair, red poor). A white notch marks a recorded reconstruction; many of these bridges have been rebuilt or widened more than once, and the inventory keeps only the most recent date. Daily traffic is the latest count.

When the bridges were built

every bridge in Minnesota by the decade it was built

Before 1900pre—

1900s'0028%

107

1910s'1036%

207

1920s'2018%

403

1930s'3010%

233

1940s'4013%

464

1950s'5019%

1.3k

1960s'6014%

2.2k

1970s'705%

2.1k

1980s'802%

2.1k

1990s'900%

2.1k

2000s'000%

1.6k

2010s'100%

739

2020s'200%

bridges builtshare rated poor

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Bars are stacked by today's condition rating. 13,550 bridges are counted. Build years before 1900 are counted only when credible.

The Oldest Bridges in Minnesota

Bridge	County	Built	Rebuilt	Material	Daily Traffic	Condition
Mn 5 over Rcrra	Ramsey	1884		Masonry	21,524	Fair
M 2105 over E Chan Mississippi River	Hennepin	1887	1985	Steel	2,533	Fair
M 1608 over Minnehaha Creek	Hennepin	1890		Masonry	4,334	Poor
T 516 over Beaver Creek	Renville	1890		Steel	1	Poor
Service RD over South Fork Zumbro River	Olmsted	1895		Steel	75	Poor
CR 118 over S Br Root River	Fillmore	1899		Steel	170	Poor
T 362 over N Fk Crow River	Meeker	1899		Steel	24	Poor
Mn 21 over Stream	Scott	1900		Concrete	6,908	Fair
T 313 over Stream	Goodhue	1900		Steel	30	Poor
Csah 7 over Stream	Goodhue	1900		Concrete	620	Fair
Brooklyn Bridge over I278 Fdr Drive Fdr Dri		1883	2016		110,939	Poor
Csah 13 over Stream	Goodhue	1900		Concrete	270	Fair
Csah 14 over Stream	Goodhue	1900		Concrete	810	Fair
Csah 19 over Stream	Goodhue	1900		Concrete	300	Fair
Csah 19 over Stream	Goodhue	1900		Concrete	300	Fair
CR 49 over Stream	Goodhue	1900		Concrete	70	Fair
CR 45 over Stream	Goodhue	1900		Concrete	125	Fair
T 36 over Stream	Goodhue	1900		Concrete	97	Fair
T 127 over Stream	Lac qui Parle	1900		Concrete	42	Fair
T 52 over Ditch	Kandiyohi	1900		Concrete	40	Fair
M 1206 over Como-harriet Streetcar	Hennepin	1900		Concrete	3,550	Fair
Msas 426 over Minnehaha Creek	Hennepin	1902		Concrete	7,100	Fair
M 488 over Minnehaha Creek	Hennepin	1902		Concrete	3,000	Fair
Msas 188 over Ayd Mill Rd; Cp Rail	Ramsey	1903		Steel Continuous	7,900	Fair
Csah 17 over Minnesota River	Redwood	1903		Steel	500	Poor
Csah 51 over Recreational Trail	Ramsey	1904		Concrete	7,778	Fair
Pvt 80 over Riceford Creek	Houston	1905		Steel	4	Fair
T 187 over Okabena Creek	Jackson	1905	1938	Steel	10	Poor
Msas 140 over Ship Canal	St. Louis	1905	2011	Steel	6,143	Fair
M 823 over Pedestrian Undertake	Ramsey	1905		Concrete	10	Fair
M 1719 over Como-harriet Streetcar	Hennepin	1905		Concrete	774	Fair
T 310 over N Br Two Rivers	Kittson	1907		Steel	12	Poor
Msas 116 over Otter Tail River	Otter Tail	1908		Concrete	1,350	Poor
M 1612 over Minnehaha Creek	Hennepin	1908		Steel	200	Fair
CR 47 over Ditch	Cottonwood	1908		Steel	33	Poor
T 1331 over Nokasippi River	Crow Wing	1908		Steel	20	Poor
T 128 over Stream	Dodge	1908		Steel	40	Poor
Permanently Closed over Cannon River	Dakota	1909		Steel	1	Poor
M 58 over Cannon River	Goodhue	1909		Steel	150	Fair
Mn 39 over ST Louis River	St. Louis	1910	1970	Steel	3,474	Fair
CR 38 over Cp Rail	Grant	1910		Wood or Timber	30	Poor
CR 54 over Stream	Lac qui Parle	1910		Steel	25	Poor
Csah 7 over Stream	Goodhue	1910		Concrete	400	Fair
T 215 over Stream	Goodhue	1910		Concrete	86	Fair
M 75 over Stream	Rock	1910		Concrete	297	Fair
T 140 over Duschee Creek	Fillmore	1910		Steel	37	Poor
CR 137 over Stream	Norman	1911		Steel	10	Fair
Csah 3 over Channel; Ped Path	Hennepin	1911		Concrete	33,500	Fair
M 11 over Spring Brook	Rock	1911		Concrete	56	Fair
T 75 over Stream	Fillmore	1911		Steel	68	Poor
M 512 over Channel	Hennepin	1911		Concrete	4,802	Good
M 512 over Channel To Cedar Lk	Hennepin	1911		Concrete	6,000	Good
CR 140 over Elm Creek	Martin	1912		Concrete	18	Poor
T 382 over Spring Creek	Norman	1912		Steel	20	Fair
US 53 over Rainy River	Koochiching	1912		Steel	703	Poor
Msas 158 over Building	Ramsey	1912		Steel	21,500	Fair
M 712 over Amity Creek	St. Louis	1912		Concrete	77	Fair
M 712 over Amity Creek	St. Louis	1912	2001	Concrete	72	Fair
M 712 over Amity Creek	St. Louis	1912		Concrete	130	Fair
M 712 over Amity Creek	St. Louis	1912		Concrete	72	Fair
CR 105 over Gull Lake Res.	Cass	1913	1971	Concrete Continuous	450	Fair
T 38 over Elm Creek	Martin	1913		Concrete	16	Poor
Msas 113 over Tcw Rr	Carver	1913		Steel	736	Poor
M 700 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1913		Concrete Continuous	1,688	Fair
M 706 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1913		Concrete Continuous	1,680	Fair
M 708 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1913		Concrete Continuous	1,074	Fair
M 718 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1913		Concrete Continuous	3,300	Poor
M 92 over Cannon River	Rice	1914	1986	Concrete	5,850	Fair
T 231 over West Indian Creek	Wabasha	1914		Steel	12	Fair
Msas 430 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1914		Concrete Continuous	8,600	Poor
T 69 over Ditch	Martin	1914		Concrete	24	Poor
T 30 over Stream	Murray	1914		Concrete	30	Fair
T 62 over Stream	Cottonwood	1914		Concrete	21	Fair
M 2010 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1914		Concrete Continuous	1,249	Poor
M 714 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1914		Concrete Continuous	986	Fair
M 2008 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1914		Concrete Continuous	5,200	Poor
M 2427 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1914		Concrete Continuous	5,213	Poor
CR 161 over Bay Of Thunder Lake	Cass	1915		Steel	44	Fair
T 172 over Stream	Goodhue	1915		Steel	38	Fair
T 183 over S Br Wild Rice River	Clay	1915		Steel	18	Poor
Msas 221 over Bassett Creek	Hennepin	1915		Masonry	8,226	Fair
Msas 194 over Bassett Creek	Hennepin	1915		Masonry	6,610	Fair
M 1863 over Bassett Creek	Hennepin	1915		Masonry	3,969	Fair
CR 42 over Stream	Goodhue	1915		Concrete	90	Fair
CR 44 over Little Cannon River	Goodhue	1915		Steel	70	Fair
T 315 over Stream	Winona	1915		Wood or Timber	6	Fair
Service RD over Kanaranzi Creek	Nobles	1915		Steel	1	Poor
T 166 over S Br S Fk Root River	Fillmore	1915		Steel	64	Fair
T 59 over Lac Qui Parle River	Yellow Medicine	1915		Steel	5	Poor
T 62 over Florida Creek	Yellow Medicine	1915		Steel	5	Poor
M 766 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915		Concrete Continuous	786	Fair
M 2300 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915		Concrete Continuous	1,020	Fair
M 2298 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915		Concrete Continuous	3,772	Poor
M 1058 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915		Concrete Continuous	1,609	Poor
M 804 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915		Concrete Continuous	1,544	Poor
M 808 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915		Concrete Continuous	1,020	Poor
M 2322 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915		Concrete Continuous	1,102	Fair
T 74 over Stream	Goodhue	1916		Concrete	23	Fair
M 154 over N Channel Miss River	Winona	1916	2003	Concrete Continuous	40	Fair
CR 57 over Stream	Redwood	1916		Steel	25	Fair

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