This bridge located near the small town of Courtland, MN, was built to connect highways that run parallel to the Minnesota River. That includes US-14 on the north side of the river and MN-68 on the south side of the river. Two very short county highways connect the bridge to the larger highways. On the north side, Nicollet County Highway 24 run about 1 mile in length. On the south side, Blue Earth County Highway 45 runs about a third of a mile.

The bridge itself is a modern steel girder bridge with a concrete highway deck. It has the older style guard rails with openings to the side. These guard rails are considered to be obsolete since debris and salt slush on the bridge deck can easily end up in the river. The bridge has 4 main piers and two abutments, both made of reinforced concrete. These structures support three spans of 123 feet in the middle, and on span of 95 feet on each end. The bridge steel sits about 30 feet about typical water levels with the river typically being 3 to 5 feet deep in this area.

While I was not able to find any information about previous bridges at this location, this bridge is certainly not the first Minnesota River crossing near Courtland. In fact, a ferry boat crossed the river at this location as early as 1854.