10th Avenue Bridge | |
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 The 10th Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis | |
| Coordinates | 44°58′42″N 93°14′38″W / 44.9784°N 93.2438°W |
| Carries | Four lanes of automobile traffic |
| Crosses | Mississippi River |
| Locale | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Maintained by | Minneapolis |
| ID number | 2796[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Concrete rib deck-arch bridge |
| Total length | 2,175 feet (663 m) |
| Width | 68 feet (21 m) |
| Longest span | 266 feet (81 m) |
| Clearance below | 101 feet (31 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1929 |
| Location | |
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Cedar Avenue Bridge | |
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| Location | Tenth Ave. over Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°58′42″N 93°14′38″W / 44.9784°N 93.2438°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1929[3] |
| Architect | Oustad, Kristoffer Olsen |
| Architectural style | Reinforced-concrete bridge |
| MPS | Reinforced-Concrete Highway Bridges in Minnesota MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 89001845[2] |
| Added to NRHP | November 6, 1989 |
The 10th Avenue Bridge crosses the Mississippi River near downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota and also in proximity to the University of Minnesota.[4][5] The bridge was historically referred to as the Cedar Avenue Bridge in the days prior to the construction of the I-35W Mississippi River bridge when it connected to Cedar Ave.[6] The bridge connects 10th Avenue Southeast, on the east side of the Mississippi River, to 19th Avenue South on the west side. The Seven Corners area of the Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis neighborhood is at the southern end of the bridge. The downstream end of the lower Saint Anthony Falls lock and dam extends under the bridge. The historic Southeast Steam Plant is also located nearby.
The bridge is considered the crowning achievement of Minneapolis city engineer Kristoffer Olsen Oustad, who was one of four prominent Norwegian-American men who designed major structures in the region.[7][8]
- ^ 10th Ave. bridge and water main project. City of Minneapolis, 2019
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#89001845)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Engineering News-Record. July 10, 1930.
- ^ Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.
- ^ Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff - Tenth Avenue Bridge. Engineering Report. N.p.: Minnesota Department of Highways, 1968. Copy in MNDOT file for bridge 2796.
- ^ Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT)Local Historic Bridge Report- Abridged, Bridge Number:2796. State of Minnesota Department of Transportation, LHB, Mead & Hunt. September 2014
- ^ (1996). Minnesota's Historic Bridges: Cedar Avenue Bridge. Archived 2005-03-12 at the Wayback Machine Minnesota Historical Society.
- ^ Bjork, Kenneth - Saga in Steel and Concrete: Norwegian Engineers in America. Northfield, Minn.: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1947.