290:
263:
306:
275:
31:
455:
255:
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 190 metres (620 ft) in length.
325:
498:
528:
399:
48:
518:
330:
543:
548:
513:
289:
533:
305:
312:
262:
523:
493:
488:
483:
478:
449:
352:
508:
503:
274:
116:
538:
404:
Steel Arch Bridge, Hennepin Avenue spanning west channel of
Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN
433:
41:
388:
281:
221:
101:
8:
237:
416:
409:
348:
296:
241:
217:
165:
134:
91:
406:", 43 photos, 34 data pages, 3 photo caption pages of previous bridge
362:
326:
List of bridges documented by the
Historic American Engineering Record in Minnesota
183:
225:
213:
233:
472:
240:, a short distance downriver. Two of the three previous structures have been
63:
50:
244:, while a third—which existed nearly a century—was composed of
252:
403:
393:
345:
Climbing the
Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota
212:
is the structure that carries
Hennepin County State Aid Highway 52,
30:
245:
248:
454:
414:
499:Historic American Engineering Record in Minnesota
470:
331:List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River
251:spans. The original crossing, which opened as a
529:1855 establishments in Minnesota Territory
347:. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications.
367:Highways, Byways, and Bridge Photography
342:
236:, who was the first European to see the
232:, in honor of the 17th-century explorer
519:Suspension bridges in the United States
471:
544:Concrete bridges in the United States
413:
400:Historic American Engineering Record
83:6 lanes of Hennepin Avenue (CSAH 52)
313:Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
13:
549:Metal bridges in the United States
514:Bridges over the Mississippi River
14:
560:
382:
343:Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002).
268:The original structure circa 1865
534:Former toll bridges in Minnesota
453:
304:
288:
273:
261:
29:
16:Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota
35:Hennepin Avenue Bridge in 2005.
363:"Father Louis Hennepin Bridge"
1:
425:
336:
434:Minneapolis BNSF Rail Bridge
389:Father Louis Hennepin Bridge
230:Father Louis Hennepin Bridge
7:
319:
10:
565:
144:316 metres (1,037 ft)
524:Road bridges in Minnesota
494:Bridges completed in 1990
489:Bridges completed in 1891
484:Bridges completed in 1876
479:Bridges completed in 1855
444:
438:
428:
423:
202:
197:
189:
179:
174:
164:
156:
148:
140:
130:
125:
115:
107:
97:
87:
79:
40:
28:
21:
402:(HAER) No. MN-18, "
228:. Officially, it is the
160:190 metres (620 ft)
152:41 metres (135 ft)
509:Bridges in Minneapolis
504:History of Minneapolis
440:Hennepin Avenue Bridge
222:Minneapolis, Minnesota
210:Hennepin Avenue Bridge
170:11 metres (36 ft)
102:Minneapolis, Minnesota
23:Hennepin Avenue Bridge
539:Towers in Mississippi
282:Northeast Minneapolis
64:44.98528°N 93.26389°W
450:Third Avenue Bridge
238:Saint Anthony Falls
69:44.98528; -93.26389
60: /
242:suspension bridges
466:
465:
461:
460:
417:Mississippi River
415:Crossings of the
218:Mississippi River
206:
205:
135:Suspension bridge
92:Mississippi River
556:
457:
426:
411:
410:
378:
376:
374:
358:
308:
292:
277:
265:
184:HNTB Corporation
75:
74:
72:
71:
70:
65:
61:
58:
57:
56:
53:
33:
19:
18:
564:
563:
559:
558:
557:
555:
554:
553:
469:
468:
467:
462:
452:
448:
442:
436:
432:
419:
385:
372:
370:
369:. johnweeks.com
361:
355:
339:
322:
315:
309:
300:
293:
284:
278:
269:
266:
226:Nicollet Island
214:Hennepin Avenue
166:Clearance below
126:Characteristics
111:Hennepin County
68:
66:
62:
59:
54:
51:
49:
47:
46:
36:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
562:
552:
551:
546:
541:
536:
531:
526:
521:
516:
511:
506:
501:
496:
491:
486:
481:
464:
463:
459:
458:
443:
437:
424:
421:
420:
408:
407:
397:
384:
383:External links
381:
380:
379:
359:
353:
338:
335:
334:
333:
328:
321:
318:
317:
316:
310:
303:
301:
294:
287:
285:
279:
272:
270:
267:
260:
234:Louis Hennepin
204:
203:
200:
199:
195:
194:
191:
187:
186:
181:
177:
176:
172:
171:
168:
162:
161:
158:
154:
153:
150:
146:
145:
142:
138:
137:
132:
128:
127:
123:
122:
119:
113:
112:
109:
105:
104:
99:
95:
94:
89:
85:
84:
81:
77:
76:
44:
38:
37:
34:
26:
25:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
561:
550:
547:
545:
542:
540:
537:
535:
532:
530:
527:
525:
522:
520:
517:
515:
512:
510:
507:
505:
502:
500:
497:
495:
492:
490:
487:
485:
482:
480:
477:
476:
474:
456:
451:
447:
441:
435:
431:
427:
422:
418:
412:
405:
401:
398:
396:
395:
390:
387:
386:
368:
364:
360:
356:
354:0-9644518-2-4
350:
346:
341:
340:
332:
329:
327:
324:
323:
314:
307:
302:
298:
291:
286:
283:
276:
271:
264:
259:
258:
257:
254:
250:
247:
243:
239:
235:
231:
227:
223:
219:
216:, across the
215:
211:
201:
196:
192:
188:
185:
182:
178:
173:
169:
167:
163:
159:
155:
151:
147:
143:
139:
136:
133:
129:
124:
120:
118:
114:
110:
108:Maintained by
106:
103:
100:
96:
93:
90:
86:
82:
78:
73:
45:
43:
39:
32:
27:
20:
445:
439:
429:
392:
373:November 12,
371:. Retrieved
366:
344:
299:sign (inset)
295:Bridge with
229:
209:
207:
157:Longest span
141:Total length
311:Facing the
253:toll bridge
67: /
42:Coordinates
473:Categories
446:Downstream
394:Structurae
337:References
297:Grain Belt
55:93°15′50″W
52:44°59′07″N
117:ID number
430:Upstream
320:See also
198:Location
180:Designer
280:Facing
175:History
88:Crosses
80:Carries
351:
190:Opened
131:Design
98:Locale
246:steel
224:, at
149:Width
121:27636
375:2012
349:ISBN
249:arch
208:The
193:1990
391:at
220:in
475::
365:.
377:.
357:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
