Hennepin Avenue Bridge
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| Hennepin Avenue Bridge | |
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 Hennepin Avenue Bridge as it appears today. |
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| Carries | 6 lanes of Hennepin Avenue (CSAH 52) |
| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Maintained by | Hennepin County |
| ID number | 27636 |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Longest span | 625 feet (190 meters) |
| Total length | 1037 feet |
| Width | 134 feet |
| Clearance below | 37 feet |
| Opening date | 1990 |
| Bridges over the Mississippi in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Hennepin Ave. Bridge is in the top half of the image between Minneapolis BNSF and 3rd Ave. Bridge |
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The Hennepin Avenue Bridge is the series of spans that have carried Hennepin Avenue across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota at Nicollet Island. Officially, it is the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge, in honor of the 17th-century explorer Louis Hennepin, who discovered the Saint Anthony Falls a short distance downriver. Three of the structures have been suspension bridges, while a fourth—which survived nearly a century—was composed of steel arch spans. The original crossing, which opened as a toll bridge in on January 23, 1855, is believed to have been the first permanent span across the Mississippi at any point. Other bridges were completed in 1876, 1891, and most recently 1990. Today, the bridge's main span is 625 feet (190 meters) in length, making it rather small by modern standards.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.
[edit] External links
- Father Louis Hennepin Bridge in the Structurae database
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