First Hennepin Avenue Suspension Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost suspension bridge over the Mississippi River (West Channel) on Hennepin Avenue at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis
- Location
- Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
- Status
- Replaced by the second suspension bridge
- History
- Built 1854-55 by engineer Thomas Griffith; replaced 1876
- Builder
- - Thomas Griffith
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.98538, -93.26376 (decimal degrees)
44°59'07" N, 93°15'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/479206/4981360 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Minneapolis South
- Inventory number
- BH 20403 (Bridgehunter.com ID)