Franklin Avenue Bridge

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bridge_name= Franklin Avenue Bridge


caption= Franklin Avenue Bridge spanning the Mississippi River
official_name= F.W. Cappelen Memorial Bridge
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carries= CSAH 5 (Franklin Avenue)
crosses= Mississippi River
locale= Minneapolis, Minnesota
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design= Concrete Arch
mainspan= 400 feet
length= 1054.7 feet
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map_cue= Bridges over the Mississippi in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Franklin Ave. is near the bottom of the image between I-94 and Short Line bridge
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The Franklin Avenue Bridge, officially the F.W. Cappelen Memorial Bridge, carries Franklin Avenue over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was designed by Frederick William Cappelen, assisted by Kristoffer Olsen Oustad, both of whom were among four important Norwegian-American engineers working in the region at the time. The reinforced-concrete open-spandrel arched structure was completed in 1923. The bridge's overall length is 1054.7 feet (321.47 m), with a central span of 400 feet (122 m) . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 along with several other area bridges as part of a multiple property submission.

ee also

*List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References

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structure = Bridges
place = Mississippi River
bridge = Franklin Avenue Bridge
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upstream = Dartmouth Bridge
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downstream = Short Line Bridge (Rail)
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