Hennepin Avenue Bridge

44.985277777778 - 93.263888888889Koordinaten: 44 ° 59 '7 "N, 93 ° 15' 50 " W

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Mississippi River

The current Hennepin Avenue Bridge is the latest in a series of bridges in the wake of Hennepin Avenue across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota and performs on Nicollet Iceland away. Officially her name is Father Louis Hennepin Bridge, in honor of the discoverer of Niagara Falls, the Belgian missionary Louis Hennepin 17th century, who discovered the Saint Anthony Falls, which are a short stretch downstream. Three of the buildings were suspension bridges, while the fourth, which lasted nearly a century, a steel arch bridge was. The first bridge at this location had been the toll and opened on January 23, 1855 bridge, from which it is assumed that it was the first bridge of the Mississippi River at all. New buildings in 1876, 1891 and most recently in 1990 to traffic. The main span of the bridge is 190 meters today. It is 316 m long, 41 m wide and has a clear height of approximately 11 m. Over the bridge lead six lanes of Hennepin Avenue, an important main street in Minneapolis.

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  • Mary Charlotte Costello: Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge. Volume 2: Minnesota. MC Costello, Davenport IA 2002, ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.
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