The Hennepin Avenue Bridge is the structure that carries Hennepin County State Aid Highway 52, Hennepin Avenue, across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at Nicollet Island. Officially, it is the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge, in honor of the 17th-century explorer Louis Hennepin, who was the first European to see the Saint Anthony Falls, a short distance downriver. Two of the three previous structures have been suspension bridges, while a third—which existed nearly a century—was composed of steel arch spans. The original crossing, which opened as a toll bridge on January 23, 1855, is believed to have been the first permanent span across the Mississippi at any point. Other bridges were completed in 1876, 1891, and most recently 1990. Today, the bridge's main span is 190 metres (620 ft) in length.
The original structure circa 1865
Facing Northeast Minneapolis
Bridge with Grain Belt sign (inset)
Facing the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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The HennepinAvenueBridge is the structure that carries Hennepin County State Aid Highway 52, HennepinAvenue, across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis...
Michigan. Minnesota: Hennepin County, Minnesota, whose seat is Minneapolis HennepinAvenue, in Minneapolis The Father Louis HennepinBridge, across the Mississippi...
between it and the former Saint Anthony. The HennepinAvenueBridge, a suspension bridge that was the first bridge built over the full width of the Mississippi...
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was the site of the first bridge across the Mississippi River, opened in 1855, on the site of the present HennepinAvenueBridge. It is part of Saint Anthony...
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officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the...
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The original structure circa 1865
Facing Northeast Minneapolis
Bridge with Grain Belt sign (inset)
Facing the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
