Richard P. Braun Bridge

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bridge_name=Richard P. Braun Bridge

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crosses=Mississippi River
carries=Several lanes of Minnesota State Highway 610
locale=Brooklyn Park, Minnesota-Coon Rapids, Minnesota
design=Concrete girder bridge
mainspan=122 feet
length=1326 feet (404 meters)
width=96 feet (29.4 m) westbound, 69 feet (21 m) eastbound
below=21 feet
open=1985 (westbound span), 1999 (eastbound span)
maint=Minnesota Department of Transportation
id=27239 (westbound), 27252 (eastbound)
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lat=45.129151
long=-93.298918
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traffic=39000
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Richard P. Braun Bridge is a pair of 10-span concrete girder bridges spanning the Mississippi River between Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The eastbound span was built in 1985 to connect Minnesota State Highway 252 with Minnesota State Highway 610 in Coon Rapids. The westbound span was built in 1999 as part of the continued construction of Highway 610 through Brooklyn Park.

There is a walkway on the south side of the bridge that connects a trail along West River Road in Brooklyn Park with a trail along the east side of the river in Coon Rapids. The trail on the east side leads to the Coon Rapids Dam, about a mile and a half north.

ee also

*List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References

* cite book
last = Costello
first = Mary Charlotte
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year = 2002
title = Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota
publisher = Adventure Publications
location = Cambridge, MN
id = ISBN 0-9644518-2-4
*cite web
year = 2006
url = http://nationalbridges.com
title = National Bridge Inventory
accessdate = 2006-05-23
accessyear =

Crossings navbox
structure = Bridges
place = Mississippi River
bridge = Richard P. Braun Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream = Coon Rapids Dam pedestrian and bicycle bridge
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downstream = I-694 Bridge
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