Franklin Avenue Bridge

44.963889 - 93.222778Koordinaten: 44 ° 57 ' 50 "N, 93 ° 13' 22 " W

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( Hennepin County Road 5 )

Mississippi River

The Franklin Avenue Bridge, officially F.W. Cappelen Memorial Bridge, is an arch bridge in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. She leads the Franklin Avenue over the Mississippi River.

The 321 meter long bridge consists of three large arches. The middle has a span of 122 meters, which in 1923 was a record at the completion of the bridge. The building was from the Norwegian- American city engineer from Minneapolis, Frederick W. Cappelen, designed, who had already built the Third Avenue Bridge. During the construction of the bridge started in 1919 died Cappelen, so they officially claimed him as FW Cappelen Memorial Bridge is designated. The building was taken over by his also coming from Norway assistant Kristoffer Olsen Oustad to an end, who had been involved in the design of the bridge.

The Franklin Avenue Bridge was opened to traffic on December 7, 1923 and is now used daily by about ten thousand vehicles. By 1940, reversed a tram line over the bridge. After its construction, the bridge was neglected, because at that time assumed that the materials used do not require any maintenance. In 1970, she was in such a bad condition that it had to be closed to traffic. After three years of total renovation, in which the bridge was removed down to the bow, they could be put back into operation in 1973. During the renovation, it was found that the bridge is oversized, so were used in the renovation only half as many uprights as in the original bridge and the bridge deck could still be widened. The bridge had strong again in 2011 spalling on the pillars on.

At the site of the present Franklin Bridge, a bridge was already built in 1889, which could be used by carts and pedestrians. It was removed again before the construction of the new bridge, the foundations of the piers are still visible underneath the bridge today.