Dartmouth Bridge

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Coordinates: 44 ° 57 ′ 58 "  N , 93 ° 13 ′ 34"  W.

I-94.svg Dartmouth Bridge
Dartmouth Bridge
View of Dartmouth Bridge from the East River Road looking west towards central Minneapolis.
use Interstate 94 (currently 10 lanes)
Crossing of Mississippi River
place Minneapolis , Minnesota
Entertained by Minnesota Department of Transportation
Building number 9350
construction Box girder bridge with six fields
overall length 305 m
width 43 m
Longest span 104 m
Clear height 21 m
vehicles per day 167,000
opening 1964
planner Parsons Brinckerhoff , Quade and Douglas
location
Dartmouth Bridge, Minnesota
Dartmouth Bridge

After the I-35W bridge collapsed, it was re - marked from 2 × 4 to 2 × 5 lanes.

Bridges over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis
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The Dartmouth Bridge is a box girder bridge , which the Mississippi River in Minneapolis , Minnesota between Cedar-Riverside and the campus of the University of Minnesota spans. It was designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff and Quade and Douglas and built in 1964.

The bridge has an unusual appearance compared to the other crossings of the Mississippi River in the vicinity. However, more vehicles use this bridge every day than any other route in Minnesota; Around 167,000 vehicles travel daily on Interstate 94 between central Minneapolis and Saint Paul . The 38 m long, 148 short ton box girders were prefabricated in Gary , Indiana and transported up the Mississippi River by barge in October 1963.

Until the beginning of August, the bridge crossed the river four lanes in both directions . One lane each is used to decelerate or accelerate at the junctions Huron Boulevard (east bank) or Riverside Avenue (west bank). After the collapse of the Interstate 35W Mississippi River Bridge , a diversion for traffic was set up that runs over a three-mile stretch of I-94 with the Dartmouth Bridge before heading north on Minnesota State Highway 280 . In order to be able to absorb the additional traffic load, the two directional lanes were newly marked; Since the end of August 2007 there have been five lanes in both directions over the bridge.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ As of 2005. 2005 MSAS Traffic Volumes (pdf; 5.0 MB) MNDOT. 2005. Retrieved August 3, 2007.

literature

  • Mary Charlotte Costello: Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge. Volume 2: Minnesota. MC Costello, Davenport IA 2002, ISBN 0-9644518-2-4 .
Upstream
Washington Avenue Bridge 		Crossing the Mississippi River Downriver
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