I-35W Minnesota River bridge

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= near Bloomington, 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:landmark

The I-35W Minnesota River Bridge is a six-lane steel girder bridge that carries Interstate 35W across the Minnesota River between Bloomington, Minnesota and Burnsville, Minnesota. It was built in 1960 by the Minnesota 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 Governor Rudy 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 Cavanaugh University of Minnesota, p. 77, October 2006]

ee also

* List of crossings of the Minnesota River

References

External links

*Geolinks-US-streetscale|44.8002|-93.28990

Crossings navbox
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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