Hennepin Avenue Bridge

Infobox_Bridge
bridge_name=Hennepin Avenue Bridge

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caption=Hennepin Avenue Bridge as it appears today.
official_name=
crosses=Mississippi River
carries=6 lanes of Hennepin Avenue (CSAH 52)
locale=Minneapolis, Minnesota
design=Suspension bridge
design firm=HNTB Corporation
mainspan=625 feet (190 meters)
length=1037 feet
width=134 feet
below=37 feet
open=1990
maint=Hennepin County
id=27636
coordinates=coord|44|59|07|N|93|15|50|W|region:US_type:landmark
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map_width=180px
map_cue=Bridges over the Mississippi in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
map_text=Hennepin Ave. Bridge is in the top half of the image between Minneapolis BNSF and 3rd Ave. BridgeThe Hennepin Avenue Bridge is the structure that carries Hennepin County State Aid Highway 52, Hennepin Avenue, across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota at Nicollet Island. Officially, it is the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge, in honor of the 17th-century explorer Louis Hennepin, who discovered the Saint Anthony Falls a short distance downriver. Two of the three previous structures have been suspension bridges, while a third—which existed nearly a century—was composed of steel arch spans. The original crossing, which opened as a toll bridge on January 23, 1855, is believed to have been the first permanent span across the Mississippi at any point. Other bridges were completed in 1876, 1891, and most recently 1990. Today, the bridge's main span is 625 feet (190 meters) in length, making it rather small by modern standards.

ee also

*List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References

* cite book
last = Costello
first = Mary Charlotte
authorlink =
coauthors =
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

External links

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structure = Bridges
place = Mississippi River
bridge = Hennepin Avenue Bridge
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upstream = Minneapolis BNSF Rail Bridge
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downstream = Third Avenue Bridge
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