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Hennepin Avenue Bridge

Hennepin County, Minnesota

Photos 

Deck view

Photo taken Oct. 2005 by Jason Smith

BH Photo #103473

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Modern suspension bridge over the Mississippi River (West Channel) on Hennepin Avenue at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis
Location
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Status
Open to six lanes of traffic
History
Built 1990, replacing a steel arch bridge
Design
Wire suspension
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 625.0 ft.
Total length: 1,037.0 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)
Quadrangle map:
Minneapolis South
Inventory number
BH 20404 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1990 (93)
Built during 1990s (780)
Have street view (28,916)
Hennepin County, Minnesota (207)
Minneapolis, Minnesota (149)
Minnesota (1,649)
 Mississippi River (232)
Open (40,969)
Owned by county (21,612)
Span length 500-1000 feet (403)
Suspension (790)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,997)

Update Log 

  • June 11, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
  • November 7, 2014: New photos from Patrick S. O'Donnell
  • November 25, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • September 13, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
  • October 7, 2009: New photos from Jason Smith
  • February 15, 2009: New photos from Mark Frazier
  • May 22, 2006: Posted photos from Jason Smith

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Sources 

  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Mark Frazier - mfrazier404 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Wikipedia
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Patrick S. O'Donnell - 1 [dot] 991km [at] comcast [dot] net
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Hennepin Avenue Bridge
Posted March 21, 2022, by RC Haselius (avian001 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge is located at the site of the first permanent bridge along the Mississippi River anywhere along its entire length. That one was a suspension bridge and the existing one was built in homage to the first.

More information can be found at the National Park Service site here:

https://www.nps.gov/miss/planyourvisit/firstbridge.htm