Lake Street-Marshall Bridge

44.948525 - 93.202286111111Koordinaten: 44 ° 56 ' 54.7 "N, 93 ° 12' 8.2 " W

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Mississippi River

The Lake Street Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Minneapolis and St. Paul. Takes you to the East-West direction and connects Lake Street in Minneapolis with the Marshall Avenue in St. Paul. That's why it is usually referred to in St. Paul as Marshall Avenue Bridge. The building was designed by Howard, Needles, Tammen, and Bergendoff.

Today's Lake Street Bridge replaced the previous building of timber, which was built in 1889 and at the time of the new building - after the Eads Bridge in St. Louis, Missouri from 1874 - the second oldest operating connection over the river was. The Minneapolis Tribune described the new building as a " stupid extravagance " because in the Twin Cities seven bridges led across the river. However, the Lake Street Bridge, a major link between Minneapolis and St. Paul. Before the freeway system was built, she led the U.S. Highway 212 over the Mississippi River.

When it was started in 1989 with the new building, a bridge was built first half. In this construction, the old bridge was still in operation. However, an accident delayed the construction. The auxiliary structure for one of the arches collapsed and killed one of the construction workers. The demolition of the old building is done by blasting. The first attempt failed and had to follow a few weeks later, a second blast with a stronger explosive charge.