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Oblique view These photos from the Historic American Engineering Record, taken in 1986 by Burt Levy, show the bridge before it was replaced |
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Side view |
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One span |
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Underneath |
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Deck view |
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Open steel grate |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost two-span steel arch bridge over the Mississippi River (West Channel) on Hennepin Avenue at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis
- Location
- Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
- Status
- Demolished to make room for the current bridge
- History
- Built 1888-91, replacing an earlier suspension bridge. Demolished 1989.
- Design
- Steel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 580.0 ft.
Total length: 1,160.0 ft.
- 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 20405 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER MN-18 - Steel Arch Bridge, Hennepin Avenue spanning west channel of Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN