Crosses Mississippi River Official name Broadway Avenue Bridge ID number 27608 Total length 261 m Location Minneapolis Body of water Mississippi River | Locale Minneapolis, Minnesota Maintained by City of Minneapolis Opened 1987 Width 16 m Bridge type Girder bridge | |
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Carries Four lanes of West Broadway/Broadway Street Northeast Similar Plymouth Avenue Bridge, Merriam Street Bridge, Camden Bridge, 10th Avenue Bridge, Third Avenue Bridge | ||
Broadway avenue bridge removal beam removal
Broadway Avenue Bridge is a girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was built in 1987 and was designed by Norman C. Davis and Shawn Pierson Bruns of VanDoren-Hazard-Stallings. The bridge has a rather streamlined shape, but its piers are more ornate. The piers have two flat columns that taper together, with a base that extends out to the full width of the bridge.
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- Broadway avenue bridge removal beam removal
- Broadway avenue bridge removal west pier demolition
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This bridge is the third bridge to cross the river at this location. The first bridge was a wooden structure completed in 1857, but washed away in a flood in 1859. The second bridge was a four-span Pratt truss bridge built in 1887. It spanned the northern industrial district that was developing on both sides of the river. The 1887 bridge was very ornate, featuring finials on each top corner and a band of scrolls, crosses, and lines between them. The horizontal struts and guard railings used X-shapes as a pattern. In 1950, the bridge was raised 20 feet to allow barges and larger boats to pass underneath. The old bridge was removed in 1985, but a single span of the bridge lives on as the Merriam Street Bridge that connects Nicollet Island to the St. Anthony section of Minneapolis.