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Lyndale Avenue Bridge

Hennepin County, Minnesota, and Dakota County, Minnesota

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Lyndale Avenue Bridge

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #285303

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren deck truss bascule bridge over Minnesota River on Lyndale Avenue
Location
Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minnesota, and Dakota County, Minnesota
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1919; Replaced 1957
Builders
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Bascule Design)
- William S. Hewett & Co. of Minneapolis, Minnesota (Contractor)
Design
Warren deck truss bascule
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.80039, -93.28873   (decimal degrees)
44°48'01" N, 93°17'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/477164/4960816 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bloomington
Inventory number
BH 61354 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,037)
Bloomington, Minnesota (5)
Built 1919 (489)
Built during 1910s (9,164)
Burnsville, Minnesota (1)
Dakota County, Minnesota (24)
Deck truss (1,586)
Hennepin County, Minnesota (189)
Lost (21,187)
Lost 1957 (59)
Lost during 1950s (521)
 Minnesota (1,400)
Minnesota River (35)
Movable (2,826)
Owned by city (4,842)
Replaced by new bridge (13,962)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (171)
Strauss underneath counterweight bascule (48)
Truss (30,869)
Warren deck truss (571)
Warren truss (6,059)
William S. Hewett & Co. (14)

Update Log 

  • August 26, 2015: Updated by Luke: Corrected cities and added builder
  • June 14, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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Lyndale Avenue Bridge
Posted June 14, 2014, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I'll get the location for you when I get back home.

Lyndale Avenue Bridge
Posted June 14, 2014, by Douglas Butler

It's not showing the map on Find Town or address just blank and I did try

to type the location of the bridge I'm at home but Its better when Im at home working on uploading bridges then at the library