Dartmouth Bridge

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Dartmouth Bridge
A look at the Dartmouth Bridge from East River Road, looking west toward downtown Minneapolis.
Carries	Eight lanes of Interstate 94
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Maintained by	Minnesota Department of Transportation
ID number	9350
Design	Six-span welded box girder
Longest span	340 feet
Total length	1001 feet
Width	141 feet
Clearance below	64 feet
Opening date	1964
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The Dartmouth Bridge is a box girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, between the Cedar-Riverside area and the University of Minnesota campus area. It was built in 1964 and was designed by Parsons Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas.

The bridge has a comparatively uninspired design when compared to other Mississippi River bridges in the vicinity. However, it does serve as a very functional bridge that carries a large volume of traffic on Interstate 94 between downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The 125-foot long, 148-ton box girders were fabricated in Gary, Indiana and transported up the Mississippi River by barge in October of 1963.

[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.