- I-35W Minnesota River bridge
Infobox_Bridge
bridge_name=Minnesota River Bridge
caption=
official_name=
crosses=Minnesota River
carries=Six lanes of Interstate 35W
locale= nearBloomington, Minnesota
design=Plate girder bridge
length=1446 feet
width=103 feet (six traffic lanes)
below=54 feet
open=1960
maint=Minnesota Department of Transportation
id=5983 [cite web|url=http://www.johnweeks.com/bridges/pages/mn04.html|title=I-35W Minnesota River Crossing, Bloomington, MN to Burnsville, MN|date=2005|accessdate=2007-08-04]
coordinates= coord|44|48|01|N|93|17|24|W|region:US_type:landmarkThe I-35W Minnesota River Bridge is a six-lane steel girder bridge that carries Interstate 35W across the
Minnesota River betweenBloomington, Minnesota andBurnsville, Minnesota . It was built in1960 by theMinnesota Department of Transportation .History
In March 1989, there was discussion of easing traffic congestion by opening two previously closed lanes leading to the bridge.Cassano, Dennis. (March 17, 1989)
Star Tribune . "Perpich orders study of closed I-35W bridge lanes." Section News, Page 8B.] William Crawford, the district engineer in charge of the project, believed that there would be subsoil problems at the north end of the bridge if the lanes were opened. In response, then GovernorRudy Perpich ordered a soil study at the north end of the Interstate Hwy. 35W bridge over the Minnesota River to see if the two previously barricaded lanes could be opened to traffic. There was concern the $15 million investment to build the expanded approaches would be lost since, according to a Department of Transportation March 1989 statement, "the current bridge will be replaced eventually by a higher bridge." [ [http://www.cura.umn.edu/publications/Freeways.pdf Politics and Freeways: Building the Twin Cities Interstate System] Patricia CavanaughUniversity of Minnesota , p. 77, October 2006]ee also
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List of crossings of the Minnesota River References
External links
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structure = Bridges
place =Minnesota River
bridge = I-35W Minnesota River Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream =Dan Patch Line Bridge
upstream signs = "Canadian Pacific Railway"
downstream = Cedar Avenue Bridge
downstream signs =
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