Project selection

Bridge projects

Bridges over state highways carrying railroads

MnDOT scores bridge condition needs when selecting projects to include in the 10-year Capital Highway Investment Plan. Bridges over state highways that carry railroads are scored and prioritized statewide with input from district staff. The selection of bridge projects is informed by district staff, experts from MnDOT’s bridge office and the Bridge Replacement and Improvement Management System (BRIM).

Once selected, MnDOT then identifies and evaluates alternatives and other needs, legal requirements, issues and opportunities in coordination with local partners, and considers public input. In the process, non-bridge work may be added to a bridge project or a bridge project may be combined with a nearby pavement project. Projects may move years based on local coordination, project delivery, timing of other nearby construction projects, and funding shifts.

What’s been selected?

• See MnDOT current list of bridge projects in the CHIP (PDF)

Related links

• National Highway System bridge projects
• Non-National Highway System bridge projects
  • District 1
  • District 2
  • District 3
  • District 4
  • Metro District
  • District 6
  • District 7
  • District 8
• Minnesota Highway Freight Program
• Railway-Highway Crossings Program

How the projects scored

View more detailed scores (Excel)

Last updated October 2021

Previous years

• 2020 scores
• 2019 scores