Second Hennepin Avenue Suspension Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost suspension bridge over the Mississippi River (West Channel) on Hennepin Avenue at Nicollet Island in Minneapolis
- Location
- Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
- Status
- Demolished to make room for a steel arch bridge
- History
- Built 1876 by engineer Thomas Griffith; demolished 1890
- Builder
- - Thomas Griffith (Engineer)
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.98538, -93.26376 (decimal degrees)
44°59'07" N, 93°15'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory number
- BH 20434 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Jake Bronder - jacob [dot] bronder [at] co [dot] hennepin [dot] mn [dot] us
- HAER MN-18 - Steel Arch Bridge, Hennepin Avenue spanning west channel of Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN