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We've got over 400 bridges in Dakota County, and with three major highways crisscrossing town, a fair share of them are located within Burnsville's city limits. On the anniversary of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, we did a little digging to find out how well our briges are holding up. Note: If the bridge you're looking for is not on this list, there is no current safety data on it in the National Bridge Inventory Database.
| • Southbound Highway 77 |
| Location: Bridge leading into Eagan over Minnesota River, begins .3 miles north of the junction at Highway 13. |
| Structure Number: 19013 |
| Year Built: 1978 |
| Average Daily Traffic: 47,000 |
| Safety Evaluation: Railings, guardrails, transitions meet current, acceptable standards. Deck and substructure in good condition. Superstructure in satisfactory condition. All in all, equal to present minimum criteria. |
Sufficiency Rating: 85 percent.
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• Northbound Highway 77
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| Location: Bridge leading into Eagan over Minnesota River, begins .3 miles north of the junction at Highway 13. |
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| Structure Number: 19014 |
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| Year Built: 1978 |
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| Average Daily Traffic: 47,000 |
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| Safety Evaluation: Railings, guardrails, transitions meet current, acceptable standards. Deck and substructure in good condition. Superstructure in satisfactory condition. All in all, equal to present minimum criteria. |
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Sufficiency Rating 79.5 percent
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| • County Road 42 |
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| Location: A highway-pedestrian bridge about .3 miles west of the junction of County Road 5. |
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| Structure Number: 19511 |
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| Year Built: 1971 |
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| Average Daily Traffic: 38,231 |
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| Safety Evaluation: Railings, transitions, and guardrails meet current, acceptable standards. Deck, superstructure, and substructure in good condition. All in all, better than present minimum criteria. |
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Sufficiency Rating: 90.1 percent
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| • County Road 38 I |
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| Location: Crosses Interstate 35 West, about 1.8 miles south of the junction with Highway 13. |
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| Structure Number: 19522 |
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| Year Built: 1984 |
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| Average Daily Traffic: 17,400 |
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| Safety Evaluation: Railings meet current, acceptable standards. Transitions and guardrails do not. Deck and substructure are in good condition. Superstructure is satisfactory. All in all, equal to present, minimum criteria. |
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| Sufficiency Rating: 90.2 percent |
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| • Route 101 |
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| Location: A highway-pedestrian bridge. Intersects Interstate 35, about .5 miles south of the split between I-35 E and I-35 W. |
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| Structure Number: 19804 |
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| Year Built: 1988 |
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| Average Daily Traffic: 3,900 |
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| Safety Evaluation: Railings, guardrails and transitions meet current, acceptable standards. Deck, substructure and superstructure in good condition. All in all, better than the present minimum criteria. |
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Sufficiency Rating: 85.9 percent
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| • Interstate 35 East, Southbound I |
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| Location: At split between I-35 E and I-35 W. |
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| Structure Number: 19809 |
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| Year Built: 1964 |
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| Average Daily Traffic: 19,500 |
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| Safety Evaluation: Railings, guardrails, and transitions meet current acceptable standards. Deck and substructure are in satisfactory condition. Superstructure in fair condition. All in all, somewhat better than minimum adequacy, good enough to tolerate being left in place as is. |
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Sufficiency Rating: 82.8 percent
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| • Interstate 35 East, Southbound II |
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| Location: Intersects County Road 42, about .4 miles northeast of the split with I-35 W. |
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| Structure Number: 19811 |
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| Year Built: 1978 |
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| Average Daily Traffic: 19,500 |
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| Safety Evaluation: Railings, guardrails, and transitions meet current acceptable standards. Deck in satisfactory condition. Superstructure and substructure in good condition. All in all, better than present minimum criteria. |
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Sufficiency Rating: 96.2 percent
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| • Interstate 35 East, Northbound I |
| Location: Intersects County Road 42, about .4 miles northeast of split with I-35W. |
| Structure Number: 19812 |
| Year Built: 1978 |
| Average Daily Traffic: 19,500 |
| Safety Evaluation: Railings, transitions and guardrails meet current acceptable standards. Deck is in satisfactory condition. Superstructure and substructure are in good condition. All in all, better than present minimum critera. |
Sufficiency Rating: 96.2 percent
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• Interstate 35 East, Southbound III
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| Location: Intersects County Road 11, about 2.3 miles northeast of the split with I-35W. |
| Structure Number: 19813 |
| Year Built: 1979 |
| Average Daily Traffic: 26,500 |
| Safety Evaluation: Railings, guardrails and transitions meet current acceptable standards. Deck and substructure in good condition. Superstructure in satisfactory condition. Equal to present minimum crtieria. |
Sufficiency Rating: 94.5 percent
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| • Interstate 35 East, Northbound II |
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| Location: Intersects County Road 11, about 2.3 miles northeast of split with I-35W. |
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| Structure Number: 19814 |
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| Year Built: 1979 |
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| Average Daily Traffic: 26,500 |
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| Safety Evaluation: Railings, guardrails and transitions meet current acceptable standards. Deck and substructure in good condition. Superstructure in satisfactory condition. Equal to present minimum criteria. |
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Sufficiency Rating: 94.5 percent
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| • Burnsville Parkway |
| Location: Intersects Interstate 35 West, about 2.2 miles north of the split with I-35E. |
| Structure Number: 19863 |
| Year Built: 1969 |
| Average Daily Traffic: 16,400 |
| Safety Evaluation: Railings, guardrails, transitions meet current acceptable standards. Deck, superstructure and substructure are in satisfactory condition. Equal to present minimum criteria. |
Sufficiency Rating: 89.5 percent
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| • County Road 38 II |
| Location: Intersects Interstate 35 East, about 1.6 miles north of split with I-35 W. |
| Structure Number: 19866 |
| Year Built: 1979 |
| Average Daily Traffic: 22,000 |
| Safety Evaluation: Railings, guardrails and transitions meet current acceptable standards. Deck is in satisfactory condition. Superstructure and substructure are in good condition. All in all, better than present minimum criteria. |
Sufficiency Rating: 95.9 percent
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| • Portland Avenue (Route 101) |
| Location: Intersects Interstate 35 East, about 1 miles northeast of split with I-35W. |
| Structure Number: 19889 |
| Year Built: 1979 |
| Average Daily Traffic: 8,000 |
| Safety Evaluation: Railings, guardrails and transitions meet current acceptable standards. Deck is in satisfactory condition. Superstructure and substructure are in good condition. All in all, better than present minimum criteria. |
Sufficiency Rating: 97.9 percent
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| • Interstate 35 West, Southbound I |
| Location: Intersects Southcross Drive, at the split between I-35E and I-35W. |
| Structure Number: 19891 |
| Year Built: 1980 |
| Average Daily Traffic: 26,000 |
| Safety Evaluation: Railings, guardrails and transitions meet current acceptable standards. Deck, superstructure and substructure are in good condition. |
Sufficiency Rating: 90.7
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| • Interstate 35 West, Northbound I |
| Location: Intersects Southcross Drive, at the split between I-35E and I-35W. |
| Structure Number: 19892 |
| Year Built: 1980 |
| Average Daily Traffic: 26,000 |
| Safety Evaluation: Railings, guardrails, and transitions meet current acceptable standards. Deck, superstructure and substructure are in good condition. All in all, better than present minimum criteria. |
Sufficiency Rating: 91.9 percent
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| • Interstate 35 East, Southbound IV |
| Location: Intersects Southcross Drive, at the split of I-35E and I-35W. |
| Structure Number: 19893 |
| Year Built: 1979 |
| Average Daily Traffic: 19,500 |
| Safety Evaluation: Railings, transitions and approach guardrails meet current acceptable standards. Approach guradrail ends do not. Deck is in satisfactory condition. Superstructure and substructure are in good condition. All in all, better than present minimum criteria. |
Sufficiency Rating: 88.9 percent
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| • Interstate 35 West |
| Location: Intersects a railroad bridge and Cliff Road, about .5 miles north of the junction with Highway 13. |
| Structure Number: 6583 |
| Year Built: 1959 |
| Average Daily Traffic: 99,000 |
| Safety Evaluation: Functionally obsolete. Railings, transitions and guardrail ends meet current acceptable standards. Approach guardrails do not. Deck is in good condition. Superstructure and substructure are satisfactory. Equal to present minimum criteria. |
Sufficiency Rating: 81 percent
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| • Highway 13 Westbound |
| Location: Intersects Interstate 35W. |
| Structure Number: 9779 |
| Year Built: 1959. Reconstructed in 1996. |
| Average Daily Traffic: 18,000 |
| Safety Evaluation: Functionally obsolete. Railings, transitions, approach guardrail ends meet current acceptable standards. Approach guardrails do not. Deck is in good condition. Superstructure and substructure are satisfactory. Equal to present minimum criteria. |
Sufficiency Rating: 76.8 percent
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| • Highway 13 Eastbound |
| Location: Intersects I-35W. |
| Structure Number: 9780 |
| Year Built: 1959. Reconstructed in 1996. |
| Average Daily Traffic: 18,000 |
| Safety Evaluation: Functionally obsolete. Railings, guardrail ends, and transitions meet current acceptable standards. Approach guardrails do not. Deck is in good condition. Superstructure and substructure are satisfactory. Equal to present minimum criteria. |
Sufficiency Rating: 76. 8 percent
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| • Municipal Road 1 |
| Location: Intersects Black Dog Creek, about .1 miles west of Highway 77. |
| Structure Number: L5773 |
| Year Built: 1953 |
| Average Daily Traffic: 872 |
| Safety Evaluation: A frame bridge. Bridge foundations determined to be stable. Railings, guardrails meet current acceptable standards. Transitions and guardrail ends do not. Deck and superstructure are in very good condition. Substructure is in good condition. Better than present minimum criteria. |
Sufficiency Rating: 80.8 percent
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| • Black Dog Road |
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| Location: Intersects a channel on the Minnesota River. |
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| Structure Number: L5774 |
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| Year Built: 1956 |
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| Average Daily Traffic: 1,040 in 1987 |
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| Safety Evaluation: Structurally deficient. Foundations found to be stable. Transitions and guardrails meet current acceptable standards. Railings do not. Deck and superstructure in satisfactory condition. Substructure is in poor condition. Meets minimum tolerable limits to be left in place as is. |
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| Sufficiency Rating: 25.9 percent |
