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Minnetonka's Bridges: Looking Safe and Sound

On the five-year anniversary of the I-35 bridge collapse we find out: How structurally sound are the bridges in and around Minnetonka?

On the anniversary of the , we did a little digging to find out how well our bridges are holding up.

Bridges in the city of Minnetonka are in satisfactory condition. Our information comes from the National Bridge Inventory 2011 Database which showed one exception: the bridge on Shady Oak Road and Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority. However, that bridge was reconstructed 3-4 years ago and is no longer deficient. Before the reconstruction, the bridge was considered structurally deficient with a 31.6 percent sufficiency rating.

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Below are the suffiency ratings of bridges in Minnetonka. For more information on the bridges, visit the link above.

 

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Bridges

 

Sufficiency Rating (percent)

Baker Rd (CSAH 60) and TH 7  
100 I 394 WB and Ridgedale Drive 90.3 I 394 EB and Ridgedale Drive 96 Shady Oak Rd (CSAH61) and CP Rail 77.9 TH 62 WB and Shady Oak Rd 96.2 TH 62 EB and Shady Oak Rd 95.7 Grays Bay and Libbs Channel 82.4 TH 62 EB and WB and Nine Mile Creek 98.6 Plymouth Rd(CSAH 61) and BNSF RR 90 Rowland Rd and TH62 98 Baker Rd (CSAH 60) and CP Rail 94.8 Bridge St and Minnehaha Creek       
99 McGinty Rd and Minnehaha Creek 79.3 Carlson Pkwy and US 12 92.8 I 394 EB on ramp 97.2 Plymouth Ave and I 394 & EB off ramp 89.7 Sheland Pkwy and I 394 86.5 I 494 NB and I 394 93.6 CSAH 4 and Co. Hwy 62
82.2 Co. Hwy 62 and Purgatory Creek 92.7 Co. Hwy 101 and Grays Bay Channel       
94.4 Co. Hwy 101 and wetland (1.25 mile north of TH 7) 91.9 Cedar Pass and wetland channel  (.1 mile NW of Cedar Lake Rd) 99.9 Scenic Heights Dr. and Purgatory Creek 99.8 I 494 SB & NB and Minnetonka Dr. 98 I 494 SB & NB and BNSF RR & Stone Rd 98 I 494 SB & NB and CP Rail 93.7 I 494 SB & NB and Hennepin County Trail       
89.4 I 494 SB & NB and Baker Rd 94.2 Excelsior Blvd and I 494 92.9 Hwy 7 WB and I 494       
100 Hwy 7 EB and I 494 91.8 Orchard Rd and I-494 99.4 Oakland Rd and I 494 97.5 I 494 SB and Minnehaha Creek 75.7 I 494 NB and Minnehaha Creek 
81.7

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