Oldest Bridges in Minnesota

The oldest bridge in Minnesota dates to 1884. The table below shows the state's most historic bridges, ranked by year built. Many of these structures have survived well beyond their original design life — click any bridge to see its current condition and inspection history.

How this ranking works

This state list uses the NBI year-built field and links each bridge to its current inspection record. Treat age as a history signal, not a condition score.

Bridge	County	Year Built	Condition	Daily Traffic
Mn 5 over Rcrra	Ramsey	1884	Fair	21,524
M 2105 over E Chan Mississippi River	Hennepin	1887	Fair	2,533
M 1608 over Minnehaha Creek	Hennepin	1890	Poor	4,334
T 516 over Beaver Creek	Renville	1890	Poor	1
Msas 226 over Bnsf Rr	Hennepin	1893	Fair	1,738
Service RD over South Fork Zumbro River	Olmsted	1895	Poor	75
CR 118 over S Br Root River	Fillmore	1899	Poor	170
T 362 over N Fk Crow River	Meeker	1899	Poor	24
T 313 over Stream	Goodhue	1900	Poor	30
Csah 7 over Stream	Goodhue	1900	Fair	620
Csah 11 over Stream	Goodhue	1900	Fair	330
Csah 13 over Stream	Goodhue	1900	Fair	270
Csah 14 over Stream	Goodhue	1900	Fair	810
Csah 19 over Stream	Goodhue	1900	Fair	300
Csah 19 over Stream	Goodhue	1900	Fair	300
CR 49 over Stream	Goodhue	1900	Fair	70
CR 45 over Stream	Goodhue	1900	Fair	125
T 36 over Stream	Goodhue	1900	Fair	97
M 1206 over Como-harriet Streetcar	Hennepin	1900	Fair	3,550
T 52 over Ditch	Kandiyohi	1900	Fair	40
T 127 over Stream	Lac qui Parle	1900	Fair	42
Mn 21 over Stream	Scott	1900	Fair	6,908
Msas 426 over Minnehaha Creek	Hennepin	1902	Fair	7,100
M 488 over Minnehaha Creek	Hennepin	1902	Fair	3,000
Msas 188 over Ayd Mill Rd; Cp Rail	Ramsey	1903	Fair	7,900
Csah 17 over Minnesota River	Redwood	1903	Poor	500
Csah 51 over Recreational Trail	Ramsey	1904	Fair	7,778
M 1719 over Como-harriet Streetcar	Hennepin	1905	Fair	774
Pvt 80 over Riceford Creek	Houston	1905	Fair	4
T 187 over Okabena Creek	Jackson	1905	Poor	10
M 823 over Pedestrian Undertake	Ramsey	1905	Fair	10
Msas 140 over Ship Canal	St. Louis	1905	Fair	6,143
T 310 over N Br Two Rivers	Kittson	1907	Poor	12
CR 47 over Ditch	Cottonwood	1908	Poor	33
T 1331 over Nokasippi River	Crow Wing	1908	Poor	20
T 128 over Stream	Dodge	1908	Poor	40
M 1612 over Minnehaha Creek	Hennepin	1908	Fair	200
Msas 116 over Otter Tail River	Otter Tail	1908	Poor	1,350
Permanently Closed over Cannon River	Dakota	1909	Poor	1
M 58 over Cannon River	Goodhue	1909	Fair	150
T 140 over Duschee Creek	Fillmore	1910	Poor	37
Csah 7 over Stream	Goodhue	1910	Fair	400
T 215 over Stream	Goodhue	1910	Fair	86
CR 38 over Cp Rail	Grant	1910	Poor	30
CR 54 over Stream	Lac qui Parle	1910	Poor	25
M 75 over Stream	Rock	1910	Fair	297
Mn 39 over ST Louis River	St. Louis	1910	Fair	3,474
T 75 over Stream	Fillmore	1911	Poor	68
Csah 3 over Channel; Ped Path	Hennepin	1911	Fair	33,500
M 512 over Channel	Hennepin	1911	Good	4,802
M 512 over Channel To Cedar Lk	Hennepin	1911	Good	6,000
CR 137 over Stream	Norman	1911	Fair	10
M 11 over Spring Brook	Rock	1911	Fair	56
US 53 over Rainy River	Koochiching	1912	Poor	703
CR 140 over Elm Creek	Martin	1912	Poor	18
T 382 over Spring Creek	Norman	1912	Fair	20
Msas 158 over Building	Ramsey	1912	Fair	21,500
M 712 over Amity Creek	St. Louis	1912	Fair	77
M 712 over Amity Creek	St. Louis	1912	Fair	72
M 712 over Amity Creek	St. Louis	1912	Fair	130
M 712 over Amity Creek	St. Louis	1912	Fair	72
Msas 113 over Tcw Rr	Carver	1913	Poor	736
CR 105 over Gull Lake Res.	Cass	1913	Fair	450
M 700 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1913	Fair	1,688
M 706 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1913	Fair	1,680
M 708 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1913	Fair	1,074
M 718 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1913	Poor	3,300
T 38 over Elm Creek	Martin	1913	Poor	16
T 62 over Stream	Cottonwood	1914	Fair	21
Msas 430 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1914	Poor	8,600
M 2010 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1914	Poor	1,249
M 714 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1914	Fair	986
M 2008 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1914	Poor	5,200
M 2427 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1914	Poor	5,213
T 69 over Ditch	Martin	1914	Poor	24
T 30 over Stream	Murray	1914	Fair	30
M 92 over Cannon River	Rice	1914	Fair	5,850
T 231 over West Indian Creek	Wabasha	1914	Fair	12
CR 161 over Bay Of Thunder Lake	Cass	1915	Fair	44
T 183 over S Br Wild Rice River	Clay	1915	Poor	18
T 166 over S Br S Fk Root River	Fillmore	1915	Fair	64
T 172 over Stream	Goodhue	1915	Fair	38
CR 42 over Stream	Goodhue	1915	Fair	90
CR 44 over Little Cannon River	Goodhue	1915	Fair	70
Msas 221 over Bassett Creek	Hennepin	1915	Fair	8,226
Msas 194 over Bassett Creek	Hennepin	1915	Fair	6,610
M 1863 over Bassett Creek	Hennepin	1915	Fair	3,969
M 766 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915	Fair	786
M 2300 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915	Fair	1,020
M 2298 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915	Poor	3,772
M 1058 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915	Poor	1,609
M 804 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915	Poor	1,544
M 808 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915	Poor	1,020
M 2322 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1915	Fair	1,102
Service RD over Kanaranzi Creek	Nobles	1915	Poor	1
T 315 over Stream	Winona	1915	Fair	6
T 59 over Lac Qui Parle River	Yellow Medicine	1915	Poor	5
T 62 over Florida Creek	Yellow Medicine	1915	Poor	5
T 375 over Stream	Faribault	1916	Fair	40
T 74 over Stream	Goodhue	1916	Fair	23
Csah 31 over Minnehaha Creek	Hennepin	1916	Fair	8,706
Msas 160 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1916	Poor	680
M 1505 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1916	Good	862
M 1893 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1916	Good	970
M 1062 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1916	Fair	1,822
M 1064 over Midtown Greenway	Hennepin	1916	Poor	1,670
T 67 over E Fk Des Moines River	Martin	1916	Fair	30
T 228 over Little Iowa River	Mower	1916	Fair	25
CR 57 over Stream	Redwood	1916	Fair	25
M 154 over N Channel Miss River	Winona	1916	Fair	40
T 393 over Shotley Brook	Beltrami	1917	Poor	1
Mn 65 over Miss Rvr; Main; W Rvr Pk	Hennepin	1917	Fair	14,500
Ut 2233 over Swan River	Itasca	1917	Poor	25
T 146 over Ditch	Mower	1917	Fair	30
T 250 over Ditch	Mower	1917	Fair	20
T 150 over Robinson Creek	Mower	1917	Poor	4
T 124 over Stream	Mower	1917	Poor	20
T 128 over Rose Creek	Mower	1917	Poor	8
T 289 over Ditch	Mower	1917	Fair	90
T 20 over Lime Creek	Murray	1917	Fair	10
CR 106 over Co Ditch # 49	Norman	1917	Fair	45
Csah 1 over Co Ditch # 22	Redwood	1917	Fair	420
Csah 32 over Co Ditch # 9	Yellow Medicine	1917	Fair	106
Csah 6 over Blackhoof Creek	Carlton	1918	Poor	420
Csah 54 over Dry Run	Dakota	1918	Fair	4,250
M 30 over Mesabi Trail	Itasca	1918	Fair	8,600
Csah 9 over Mississippi River (dam)	Itasca	1918	Fair	930
T 36 over Elm Creek	Martin	1918	Fair	67
T 40 over Center Creek	Martin	1918	Poor	58
T 165 over South Creek	Martin	1918	Poor	16
T 58 over E Fk Des Moines River	Martin	1918	Fair	42
M 89 over Mid Fk Zumbro River	Olmsted	1918	Fair	2,350
Csah 21 over E Br Chippewa River	Pope	1918	Fair	85
M 22 over Cottonwood River	Redwood	1918	Poor	70
M 22 over Stream	Redwood	1918	Poor	70
Mn 19 over Spring Creek	Rice	1918	Fair	4,008
Csah 19 over S Fk Watonwan River	Watonwan	1918	Fair	180
T 131 over Stream	Winona	1918	Poor	45
T 309 over Trout Run Creek	Winona	1918	Poor	20
Mn 167 over Stream	Yellow Medicine	1918	Fair	645
M 8 over Welcome Creek	Itasca	1919	Poor	10
Mn 19 over Stream	Lyon	1919	Fair	1,450
Mn 23 over ST Louis River	St. Louis	1919	Fair	1,650
CR 931 over Sturgeon River	St. Louis	1919	Poor	5
M 536 over Stewart Creek	St. Louis	1919	Fair	125
Msas 134 over Chester Creek	St. Louis	1919	Fair	6,286
T 100 over Gorman Creek	Wabasha	1919	Good	33
Csah 35 over Rice Creek	Anoka	1920	Poor	4,962
T 108 over Mid Fk Zumbro River	Dodge	1920	Fair	47
T 115 over Rice Creek	Faribault	1920	Good	65
Csah 7 over Stream	Goodhue	1920	Poor	620
M 6 over Stream	Goodhue	1920	Poor	11
Service RD over N Fk Zumbro River	Goodhue	1920	Poor	20
CR 561 over Snowball Creek	Itasca	1920	Fair	20
T 115 over Co Ditch #22	Kittson	1920	Fair	1
T 133 over E Fk Lac Qui Parle River	Lincoln	1920	Poor	2
T 76 over Marsh Creek	Mahnomen	1920	Poor	4
CR 113 over Marsh River	Norman	1920	Poor	36
Msas 115 over Otter Tail River	Otter Tail	1920	Fair	1,700
Csah 13 over Co Ditch # 2	Stevens	1920	Poor	770
Csah 8 over Jud Ditch # 8	Swift	1920	Fair	80
Mn 287 over Stream	Todd	1920	Fair	1,067
M 62 over Hardwood Creek	Washington	1920	Poor	61
Csah 9 over Spring Branch Creek	Watonwan	1920	Fair	315
Csah 18 over Watonwan River	Watonwan	1920	Good	85
T 95 over Rabbit River	Wilkin	1920	Poor	20
CR 120 over Garvin Brook	Winona	1920	Fair	70
US 14 over Stream	Winona	1920	Fair	4,120
US 14 over Stream	Winona	1920	Fair	4,120
T 87 over Yellow Medicine River	Yellow Medicine	1920	Poor	15
T 148 over Five Mile Creek	Big Stone	1921	Fair	35
T 40 over Watonwan River	Cottonwood	1921	Good	35
Csah 24 over Stream	Dodge	1921	Fair	856
Permanently Closed over Cannon River	Goodhue	1921	Poor	20
Msas 160 over Minnehaha Creek	Hennepin	1921	Good	4,080
T 49 over Woodbury Creek	Mower	1921	Fair	21
Csah 29 over Beaver Creek	Murray	1921	Fair	285
T 58 over Spring Creek	Norman	1921	Good	25
Csah 61 over Talmadge River	St. Louis	1921	Fair	1,350
M 330 over W Swan River	St. Louis	1921	Poor	24
M 330 over W Swan River	St. Louis	1921	Fair	52
Undetermined RD over Creek	St. Louis	1921	Poor	1
T 29 over Stony Creek	Clay	1922	Fair	40
US 10 over Ditch	Clay	1922	Fair	11,618
Csah 16 over Stream	Goodhue	1922	Fair	1,200
M 1697 over Minnehaha Creek	Hennepin	1922	Fair	790
Msas 215 over Bassett Creek	Hennepin	1922	Fair	4,333
CR 101 over Black River	Koochiching	1922	Poor	97
Mn 61 over Stewart River	Lake	1922	Good	6,474
US 59 over Pelican River	Otter Tail	1922	Fair	7,856
Msas 117 over Csah 34(university Ave)	Ramsey	1922	Fair	2,600
T 26 over Stream	Roseau	1922	Poor	32
T 26 over Stream	Roseau	1922	Poor	32
I 35 over Kingsbury Creek	St. Louis	1922	Fair	28,000
Csah 24 over Wing River	Todd	1922	Fair	315
Mn 73 over Hasty Brook	Carlton	1923	Fair	1,700
Csah 23 over Vermillion River	Dakota	1923	Good	6,034
Csah 5 over W River Rd; Miss Riv	Hennepin	1923	Fair	6,100
Msas 430 over Minnehaha Pkwy; Creek	Hennepin	1923	Poor	10,700
Csah 152 over Bassett Creek Tunnel	Hennepin	1923	Poor	14,987