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Mississippi River flowing under 3rd Avenue Bridge at St Anthony Falls Stone Arch Bridge foreground. Minneapolis Minnesota USA |
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Steve Skjold
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© Steve Skjold / Alamy |
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The Third Avenue Bridge is a landmark structure of Minneapolis, Minnesota, originally known as St Anthony Falls Bridge. It carries road traffic across the Mississippi River over the upper fringes of Saint Anthony Falls. The multi-arched bridge meets Third Avenue in downtown Minneapolis at its south end, but curves as it crosses the river, and connects with Central Avenue on its north end. The shallow "S" curve in the bridge was built to avoid fractures in the limestone bedrock that supports the bridge piers. The road is also designated Minnesota State Highway 65. The bridge opened in 1918, uses arches of an open spandrel design, has been modified, and underwent a major overhaul in 1979–1980. The 2,223-foot crossing was designed by city engineer Frederick W. Cappelen, who also created plans for similar bridges in Minneapolis such as the Franklin Avenue Bridge. It cost US $690,000 at the time. The Stone Arch Bridge is a former railroad bridge crossing the Mississippi River near Saint Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis. The bridge was built in 1883 by railroad tycoon James J. Hill for his Great Northern Railroad, and accessed the former passenger station located a mile to the west. It is now used as a pedestrian/bicycle bridge. It is a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 as a part of the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District. When it was in rail service, the bridge carried trains of many railroads to and from the Minneapolis station, including the Great Northern Railroad's Empire Builder. Amtrak's train of that same name is the only scheduled passenger train to serve Minnesota, but no longer crosses the bridge; its only stop in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area is at the Midway Station in St. Paul, about halfway between the downtown areas of the Twin Cities. Abridged from Wikipedia. |
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