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Overview: Lost five-span through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Lowry Avenue (CR 153) in Minneapolis
Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Status: Imploded June 21, 2009
History: Built 1958, using piers from an earlier 1905 bridge
Design: Five riveted, 8-panel Camelback Pratt through trusses
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 166.0 ft.
Total length: 889.2 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +45.01306, -93.27306 (decimal degrees)
45°00'47" N, 93°16'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/478483/4984437 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Minneapolis North
Inventory numbers: MN 2723 (Minnesota bridge number)
BH 20423 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2008): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 12,900

Lowry Avenue Bridge

Posted May 29, 2008, by Anonymous

there's a rendering of the proposed replacement at www.lowryavenuebridge.com

Lowry Avenue Bridge

Posted April 27, 2008, by Anonymous

Also no longer open to traffic

Mississippi River Bridge

Posted February 19, 2007, by Anon (Anon)

This is not a historic structure. It is not even eligible.