Lowry Avenue Bridge

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**Lowry Avenue Bridge**
Carries	Four lanes of Lowry Avenue
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Maintained by	Hennepin County, Minnesota
ID number	2723
Design	Truss bridge
Longest span	143 feet
Total length	889 feet
Width	57.2 feet
Clearance below	33 feet
Opening date	1905; remodeled in 1958
Coordinates	45°00′47″N, 93°16′28″W

The Lowry Avenue Bridge is a truss bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The original bridge at this location was built in 1887 by Kristoffer Olsen Oustad, a designer with the city of Minneapolis. A new bridge was built at this location in 1905, using the same style, but not designed by Oustad. This incarnation of the bridge lasted 51 years until it became too weak to carry traffic. In 1958, five new truss spans were built in this location, using the same piers but raised 20 feet to allow navigation on the upper Mississippi River.

Bridges of the Mississippi River
Upstream Canadian Pacific Camden Place Rail Bridge	Lowry Avenue Bridge	Downstream Northern Pacific-BNSF Minneapolis Rail Bridge

[edit] See also

List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

[edit] References

Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.