Franklin Avenue Bridge
Franklin Avenue Bridge | |
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![]() Franklin Avenue Bridge spanning the Mississippi River | |
Coordinates | 44°57′50″N 93°13′22″W / 44.96389°N 93.22278°WCoordinates: 44°57′50″N 93°13′22″W / 44.96389°N 93.22278°W |
Carries | CSAH 5 (Franklin Avenue) |
Crosses | Mississippi River |
Locale | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Official name | F.W. Cappelen Memorial Bridge |
ID number | 2441 |
Characteristics | |
Design | Concrete Arch |
Total length | 1054.7 feet |
Longest span | 400 feet |
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The Franklin Avenue Bridge, officially the F.W. Cappelen Memorial Bridge, carries over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was designed by Frederick William Cappelen, assisted by Kristoffer Olsen Oustad, both of whom were among four important Norwegian-American engineers working in the region at the time. The reinforced-concrete open-spandrel arched structure was completed in 1923. The bridge's overall length is 1054.7 feet (321.47 m), with a central span of 400 feet (122 m). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 along with several other area bridges as part of a multiple-property submission.[1] At the time of its completion, the bridge's central span was the longest concrete arch in the world.
The bridge originally carried streetcars, which were removed in the 1940s. A major renovation in the early 1970s changed many of the ornamental details and widened a completely replaced deck. A bike lane was added in 2005. The bridge was extensively rehabilitated between 2015 and 2017, including restoring some of the details lost in the 1970s reconstruction [2]
References[]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Cappelen Memorial Bridge Rehabilitation Franklin Avenue (CSAH 5) Over the Mississippi River Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Summary" (PDF). City of Minneapolis. September 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
External links[]
Media related to Franklin Avenue Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
- Cappelen Memorial Bridge at Structurae
- Bridges completed in 1923
- Bridges in Minneapolis
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
- Bridges over the Mississippi River
- Concrete bridges in Minnesota
- Mississippi Gorge
- National Register of Historic Places in Minneapolis
- National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
- Road bridges in Minnesota
- Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States
- 1923 establishments in Minnesota
- Shared-use paths in Minneapolis