List of crossings of the Minnesota River

The following is a list of crossings of the Minnesota River. The Minnesota River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of nearly 17,000 square miles (44,000 km2), 14,751 square miles (38,200 km2) in Minnesota and about 2,000 sq mi (5,200 km2) in South Dakota and Iowa. It rises in southwestern Minnesota, in Big Stone Lake on the Minnesota–South Dakota border just south of the Laurentian Divide at the Traverse Gap portage. It flows southeast to Mankato, then turns northeast. It joins the Mississippi south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, near the historic Fort Snelling.

Crossings

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Crossing Carries Location Coordinates
Fort Snelling Park Foot Bridge Hiking trail Fort Snelling State Park 44°53′27″N 93°10′40″W / 44.89083°N 93.17778°W / 44.89083; -93.17778
Mendota Bridge    MN 55 / MN 62 Fort Snelling and Mendota 44°53′14″N 93°10′39″W / 44.88722°N 93.17750°W / 44.88722; -93.17750
I-494 Minnesota River Bridge   I-494 Bloomington and Mendota Heights 44°51′44″N 93°12′10″W / 44.86222°N 93.20278°W / 44.86222; -93.20278
Cedar Avenue Bridge   MN 77 Bloomington and Eagan 44°49′38″N 93°13′53″W / 44.82722°N 93.23139°W / 44.82722; -93.23139
Old Cedar Avenue Bridge Former   MN 36 Bloomington 44°49′48″N 93°14′28″W / 44.83000°N 93.24111°W / 44.83000; -93.24111
I-35W Minnesota River bridge   I-35W Bloomington and Burnsville 44°48′1″N 93°17′24″W / 44.80028°N 93.29000°W / 44.80028; -93.29000
Dan Patch Line Bridge Canadian Pacific Bloomington and Savage 44°47′24″N 93°21′8″W / 44.79000°N 93.35222°W / 44.79000; -93.35222
Bloomington Ferry Trail Bridge Bloomington Ferry Bicycle Trail (formerly   US 169) Bloomington and Shakopee 44°47′55″N 93°23′15″W / 44.79861°N 93.38750°W / 44.79861; -93.38750
Bloomington Ferry Bridge   US 169 44°47′55″N 93°23′56″W / 44.79861°N 93.39889°W / 44.79861; -93.39889
Shakopee Bridge    CSAH 101 / CSAH 101 (formerly   MN 101) Shakopee and Chanhassen 44°48′2″N 93°31′33″W / 44.80056°N 93.52583°W / 44.80056; -93.52583
Holmes Street Bridge Pedestrian trail (formerly    US 169 / MN 101) 44°48′1″N 93°31′38″W / 44.80028°N 93.52722°W / 44.80028; -93.52722
Chaska Bridge   MN 41 Chaska 44°46′58″N 93°35′57″W / 44.78278°N 93.59917°W / 44.78278; -93.59917
Quaker Avenue Bridge    CSAH 9 / CSAH 11 Jordan 44°41′34″N 93°38′32″W / 44.69278°N 93.64222°W / 44.69278; -93.64222
Belle Plaine Bridge   MN 25 Belle Plaine 44°37′59″N 93°45′57″W / 44.63306°N 93.76583°W / 44.63306; -93.76583
Blakeley Bridge    CSAH 1 / CSAH 5 Blakeley 44°36′48″N 93°51′24″W / 44.61333°N 93.85667°W / 44.61333; -93.85667
Bridge No. 40001   MN 19 Henderson 44°31′46″N 93°54′2″W / 44.52944°N 93.90056°W / 44.52944; -93.90056
Bridge No. 40008   US 169 Le Sueur 44°28′51″N 93°54′14″W / 44.48083°N 93.90389°W / 44.48083; -93.90389
Le Sueur Bridge   MN 93 44°27′43″N 93°55′3″W / 44.46194°N 93.91750°W / 44.46194; -93.91750
Traverse des Sioux Ford Traverse Township 44°21′24″N 93°57′12″W / 44.35667°N 93.95333°W / 44.35667; -93.95333
Broadway Bridge   MN 99 St. Peter 44°19′29″N 93°57′11″W / 44.32472°N 93.95306°W / 44.32472; -93.95306
Bridge No. 40002   MN 22 44°18′27″N 93°57′36″W / 44.30750°N 93.96000°W / 44.30750; -93.96000
Highway 14 Bridge    US 14 / MN 60 Mankato 44°11′29″N 94°0′35″W / 44.19139°N 94.00972°W / 44.19139; -94.00972
Veterans Memorial Bridge Belgrade Avenue 44°10′9″N 94°0′12″W / 44.16917°N 94.00333°W / 44.16917; -94.00333
Northstar Bridge    US 169 / MN 60 44°9′55″N 94°1′2″W / 44.16528°N 94.01722°W / 44.16528; -94.01722
County 23 / County 42 Bridge    CSAH 23 / CSAH 42 Judson 44°12′1″N 94°11′40″W / 44.20028°N 94.19444°W / 44.20028; -94.19444
Courtland Bridge    CSAH 24 / CSAH 45 Courtland 44°15′27″N 94°20′30″W / 44.25750°N 94.34167°W / 44.25750; -94.34167
DM&E Railway Bridge Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad New Ulm 44°17′8″N 94°24′53″W / 44.28556°N 94.41472°W / 44.28556; -94.41472
20th Street Bridge   CSAH 37 44°17′49″N 94°26′1″W / 44.29694°N 94.43361°W / 44.29694; -94.43361
Bridge No. 9200    US 14 / MN 15 44°19′29″N 94°27′13″W / 44.32472°N 94.45361°W / 44.32472; -94.45361
County 13 / County 14 Bridge    CSAH 13 / CSAH 14 44°21′42″N 94°29′53″W / 44.36167°N 94.49806°W / 44.36167; -94.49806
Highway 4 Bridge   MN 4 Home and Ridgely Townships 44°26′1″N 94°43′2″W / 44.43361°N 94.71722°W / 44.43361; -94.71722
Petersen Bridge    CSAH 3 / CSAH 8 Camp and Eden Townships 44°28′59″N 94°49′37″W / 44.48306°N 94.82694°W / 44.48306; -94.82694
County 5 / County 11 Bridge    CSAH 5 / CSAH 11 Franklin 44°31′2″N 94°53′4″W / 44.51722°N 94.88444°W / 44.51722; -94.88444
Minnesota Valley Railroad Bridge Minnesota Prairie Line Railroad Morton 44°32′47″N 94°59′23″W / 44.54639°N 94.98972°W / 44.54639; -94.98972
US-71 Bridge    US 71 / MN 19 44°32′44″N 94°59′42″W / 44.54556°N 94.99500°W / 44.54556; -94.99500
County 1 / County 101 Bridge    CSAH 1 / CSAH 101 North Redwood 44°34′18″N 95°5′51″W / 44.57167°N 95.09750°W / 44.57167; -95.09750
County 21 / County 17 Bridge    CSAH 21 / CSAH 17 Flora and Delhi Townships 44°37′11″N 95°10′40″W / 44.61972°N 95.17778°W / 44.61972; -95.17778
County 6 Bridge    CSAH 6 / CSAH 6 44°39′9″N 95°13′33″W / 44.65250°N 95.22583°W / 44.65250; -95.22583
County 12 / County 19 Bridge    CSAH 12 / CSAH 19 Sacred Heart and Swedes Forest Townships 44°39′57″N 95°17′51″W / 44.66583°N 95.29750°W / 44.66583; -95.29750
County 9 / County 7 Bridge    CSAH 9 / CSAH 7 44°41′43″N 95°20′24″W / 44.69528°N 95.34000°W / 44.69528; -95.34000
County 10 / County 21 Bridge    CSAH 10 / CSAH 21 Sacred Heart and Sioux Agency Townships 44°43′53″N 95°25′15.5″W / 44.73139°N 95.420972°W / 44.73139; -95.420972
Bridge No. 12000   US 212 Granite Falls 44°48′19″N 95°32′38″W / 44.80528°N 95.54389°W / 44.80528; -95.54389
Roebling Suspension Bridge Pedestrian walkway 44°48′36″N 95°32′14″W / 44.81000°N 95.53722°W / 44.81000; -95.53722
Oak Street Bridge    CSAH 22 / CSAH 38 44°48′44″N 95°32′7″W / 44.81222°N 95.53528°W / 44.81222; -95.53528
BNSF Railroad Bridge BNSF Railway 44°49′23″N 95°33′35″W / 44.82306°N 95.55972°W / 44.82306; -95.55972
Bridge No. 87573    CSAH 7 / CSAH 7 Wegdahl 44°53′28″N 95°39′4″W / 44.89111°N 95.65111°W / 44.89111; -95.65111
Bridge No. 12009   US 212 Montevideo 44°54′12″N 95°41′7″W / 44.90333°N 95.68528°W / 44.90333; -95.68528
Bridge No. 87021    US 59 / US 212 44°55′58″N 95°43′59″W / 44.93278°N 95.73306°W / 44.93278; -95.73306
Bridge No. 6610    CSAH 15 / CSAH 18 Sparta and Camp Release Townships 44°57′38.5″N 95°48′39″W / 44.960694°N 95.81083°W / 44.960694; -95.81083
Bridge No. 6611    CSAH 14 / CSAH 20 Tunsberg and Camp Release Townships 44°59′34.5″N 95°50′3″W / 44.992917°N 95.83417°W / 44.992917; -95.83417
Lac qui Parle Dam Bridge    CSAH 13 / CSAH 33 Kragero and Lac qui Parle Townships 45°1′19″N 95°52′9″W / 45.02194°N 95.86917°W / 45.02194; -95.86917
Milan Bridge   MN 40 Milan 45°5′52″N 95°58′48″W / 45.09778°N 95.98000°W / 45.09778; -95.98000
Twin Bridge   MN 119 Appleton and Hantho Townships 45°9′31″N 96°3′18″W / 45.15861°N 96.05500°W / 45.15861; -96.05500
BNSF Railroad Bridge BNSF Railway 45°10′4″N 96°5′24″W / 45.16778°N 96.09000°W / 45.16778; -96.09000
Cement Bridge Township Road 156 Akron and Lake Shore Townships 45°12′12″N 96°11′47″W / 45.20333°N 96.19639°W / 45.20333; -96.19639
Bridge No. 96952 Township Road 159 Odessa Township 45°14′25.5″N 96°17′15.5″W / 45.240417°N 96.287639°W / 45.240417; -96.287639
Bridge No. 37009   US 75 Odessa and Agassiz Townships 45°14′57.5″N 96°17′33″W / 45.249306°N 96.29250°W / 45.249306; -96.29250
Highway 75 Dam Unnamed road Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge 45°14′54.5″N 96°17′51.5″W / 45.248472°N 96.297639°W / 45.248472; -96.297639
Bridge No. 37552    CSAH 19 / CSAH 15 Odessa 45°15′22″N 96°20′21″W / 45.25611°N 96.33917°W / 45.25611; -96.33917
Auto Tour Route Bridge   CSAH 17 Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge 45°15′37″N 96°24′37.5″W / 45.26028°N 96.410417°W / 45.26028; -96.410417
Minnesota Headwaters Trail Bridge (south) Minnesota Headwaters Trail 45°16′3.5″N 96°25′40″W / 45.267639°N 96.42778°W / 45.267639; -96.42778
Minnesota Headwaters Trail Bridge (north) Minnesota Headwaters Trail Ortonville Township 45°17′25.7″N 96°26′11.5″W / 45.290472°N 96.436528°W / 45.290472; -96.436528
Old US 12 Bridge Abandoned Ortonville 45°17′43″N 96°26′39″W / 45.29528°N 96.44417°W / 45.29528; -96.44417
US 12 Bridge   US 12 45°17′46″N 96°26′43″W / 45.29611°N 96.44528°W / 45.29611; -96.44528
Big Stone Lake Dam Pedestrian walkway 45°17′49″N 96°26′56″W / 45.29694°N 96.44889°W / 45.29694; -96.44889
BNSF Railroad Bridge BNSF Railway 45°17′56″N 96°27′0″W / 45.29889°N 96.45000°W / 45.29889; -96.45000
Bridge No. 06501   CSAH 30 45°18′9″N 96°27′8″W / 45.30250°N 96.45222°W / 45.30250; -96.45222