Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Minneapolis, Minnesota

10th Avenue Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1929
Concrete arch bridge over Mississippi River on 10th Avenue in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

4th Avenue Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1891
Pony truss bridge over abandoned BNSF Railroad on MN 601 (4th Avenue N) in Minneapolis
Closed to all traffic

Bassett Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1915
Stone arch bridge over Bassett Creek on MN 205 (1st Street N) in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Bassett Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1923
Stone arch bridge over Bassett Creek on MN 217 (4th Street N) in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Bassett Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1939
Concrete arch bridge over Bassett Creek on TR 57 (T Wirth Parkway) in Golden Valley
Open to traffic

Bassett Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1915
Stone arch bridge over Bassett Breek on MN 194 (10th Avenue N) in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Bassett Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1889
Concrete arch bridge over Bassett Creek on 4th Avenue N in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Bassett Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1915
Stone arch bridge over Bassett Creek on I-94 East Frontage Road in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Bassett Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1922
Stone arch bridge over Bassett Creek on MN 215 (2nd Street N) in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Bassett Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1923
Stone arch bridge over Bassett Creek on CR 152 in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Bassett Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1923
Stone arch bridge over Bassett Creek on MN 216 (3rd Street N) in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Bridal Veil Falls Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1940
Concrete arch bridge over Bridal Veil Falls on MN 513 (E. River Road) in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Broadway Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1887-88 by the King Iron Bridge Co.; replaced ca. 1987
Lost four-span through truss bridge over the Mississippi River on Broadway Street in Minneapolis
Replaced by a new bridge, but one span relocated and reused for the Merriam Street Bridge

First Hennepin Avenue Suspension Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1854-55 by engineer Thomas Griffith; replaced 1876
Lost suspension bridge over the Mississippi River (West Channel) on Hennepin Avenue at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis
Replaced by the second suspension bridge

Hennepin Avenue Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1990, replacing a steel arch bridge
Modern suspension bridge over the Mississippi River (West Channel) on Hennepin Avenue at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis
Open to six lanes of traffic

Hennepin Avenue Steel Arch Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1888-91, replacing an earlier suspension bridge. Demolished 1989.
Lost two-span steel arch bridge over the Mississippi River (West Channel) on Hennepin Avenue at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis
Demolished to make room for the current bridge

Intercity Bridge (Ramsey County, Minnesota)
Built 1927
Concrete arch bridge over Mississippi River on Ford Parkway (CSAH 42) in St. Paul
Open to traffic

Interlachen Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1900
Concrete arch bridge over Minnesota Transportation Museum street railway track in William Beery Park
Open to traffic

Lowry Avenue Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1958, using piers from an earlier 1905 bridge
Five-span through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Lowry Avenue (CR 153) in Minneapolis
Closed to all traffic

Merriam Street Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Originally built 1887 by the King Iron Bridge Co. as a four-span truss bridge on Broadway Street; one span relocated here in 1987
Relocated through truss bridge over the Mississippi River (East Channel) on Merriam Street at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Minnehaha Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1892
Stone arch bridge over Minnehaha Creek on CR 22 (Lyndale Road) in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Minnehaha Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1930
Steel arch bridge over Minnehaha Creek in Minneapolis
Open to pedestrians only

Minnehaha Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1890
Stone arch bridge over Minnehaha Creek on Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Minnehaha Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1904
Concrete arch bridge over Minnehaha Creek on 28th Avenue S in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Minnehaha Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1902
Concrete arch bridge over Minnehaha Creek on MN 426 (Penn Avenue S) in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Minnehaha Creek Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1916
Concrete arch bridge over Minnehaha Creek on CR 31 (Xerxes Avenue) in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Minnehaha Parkway Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1923
Concrete arch bridge over Minnehaha Parkway on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Mississippi River Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1923
Concrete arch bridge over Mississippi River on CSAH 5 in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Mississippi River Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1917
Concrete arch bridge over Mississippi River on MN 65 (3rd Avenue S) in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Mississippi River I-35W Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1967; collapsed Aug. 1, 2007
Collapsed deck truss bridge over the Mississippi River on I-35W in Minneapolis
Collapsed

Northern Pacific Railroad Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1895
Pratt deck truss bridge over Mississippi River on Northern Pacific Railroad (now pedestrian trail) in Minneapolis
Open to pedestrians

Queene Avenue Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1905
Concrete arch bridge over Minnesota Transportation Museum street railway track in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Second Hennepin Avenue Suspension Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1876 by engineer Thomas Griffith; demolished 1890
Lost suspension bridge over the Mississippi River (West Channel) on Hennepin Avenue at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis
Demolished to make room for a steel arch bridge

Soldiers Road Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1908
Steel arch bridge over Minnehaha Creek on Soldiers Road in Minneapolis
Open to pedestrians only

St. Anthony Parkway Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1925
Through truss bridge over BNSF Railroad on St. Anthony Parkway in Minneapolis
Open to traffic

Stone Arch Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1883 for the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway; rehabilitated 1994
Stone arch bridge over the Mississippi River at St. Anthony Falls in Minneapolis
Open to pedestrians only

West River Road Bridge (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
Built 1915
Stone arch bridge over Bassett Creek on W. River Road in Minneapolis
Open to traffic