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Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge

 
Also known as: Hennepin Avenue Bridge
Hennepin Avenue Bridge, West Island Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55401, United States of America
 
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Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Mississippi (Upper River) between Coon Rapids Dam (Limit of navigation - no access above dam) (13.05 miles to the north) and Mississippi - Illinois Junction (Junction of the Mississippi River with the Illinois River ) (649.79 miles and 27 locks to the southeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Coon Rapids Dam is Minneapolis BNSF Rail Bridge; 0.22 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Mississippi - Illinois Junction is Third Avenue Bridge; 0.26 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a motorway over the canal.

 
 
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[Hennepin Avenue Bridge] Nicollet Island. Officially, it is the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge, in honor of the 17th-century explorer Louis Hennepin, who was the first European to see [Hennepin Avenue] Arts. Retrieved 10 January 2021. Reicher, Matt (6 May 2014). "Father Louis Hennepin Bridge was first to span Mississippi". MinnPost. Retrieved 10 January [Niagara Falls] The first description of the falls is credited to Belgian missionary Louis Hennepin in 1677, after traveling with the explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur [Saint Anthony Falls] journal by Father Louis Hennepin, a Catholic friar of Belgian birth, who also first published about Niagara Falls to the world's attention. Hennepin named [History of Minneapolis] Michel Aco, Antoine Auguelle, and Father Louis Hennepin, a Catholic priest and missionary. On that expedition, Father Hennepin explored the falls and named [Jay Cooke State Park] all landmarks is the swinging bridge, which is one of only two suspension bridges in any Minnesota state park. The bridge was designed by Oscar Newstrom
 
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Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge | MNopedia
May 5, 2014 ... View of the Hennepin Bridge from Nicollet Island, c.1868. The Father Louis Hennepin Bridge was built in 1855 to take advantage of the ...
Hennepin Avenue Bridge - Wikipedia
The Hennepin Avenue Bridge is the structure that carries Hennepin County State Aid Highway 52, Hennepin Avenue, across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at Nicollet Island. Officially, it is the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge, in honor of the 17th-century ... Two of the three previous structures have been suspension bridges, while a ...
Father Louis Hennepin Bridge, Minneapolis, MN
Bridge fans consider the area around the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge to be ... It was a pure suspension bridge with tall wooden towers, wire suspension ...
Father Louis Hennepin Bridge was first to span Mississippi | MinnPost
May 6, 2014 ... The Father Louis Hennepin Bridge was built in 1855 to take ... Griffith and his team began work on a suspension-style bridge on May 5, 1854.
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Father Louis Hennepin Suspension Bridge MNopedia#x200b; The Father Louis Hennepin Bridge was built in 1855 to take advantage of the transport possibilities  ...
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Later at same location 1990 Hennepin Avenue (Father Louis Hennepin) ... The bridge was moved to another location on the University of Minnesota campus.
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Stone Arch with Nice Ride - Loews Minneapolis ... Hennepin Avenue suspension bridge, named in honor of the 17th-century explorer Father Louis Hennepin.
Minneapolis Minnesota - Father Louis Hennepin Bridge - Mis… | Flickr
Jan 29, 2013 ... Minneapolis Minnesota - Father Louis Hennepin Bridge - Mississippi river Winter 2013. Done. i_still_believe_in_u, Jukka Heinovirta and 3 ...