Richard P. Braun Bridge

Richard P. Braun Bridge
Coordinates	45°07′45″N 93°17′56″W / 45.129151°N 93.298918°W / 45.129151; -93.298918Coordinates: 45°07′45″N 93°17′56″W / 45.129151°N 93.298918°W / 45.129151; -93.298918
Carries	Several lanes of MN 610
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Brooklyn Park, Minnesota-Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Maintained by	Minnesota Department of Transportation
ID number	27239 (westbound), 27252 (eastbound)
Characteristics
Design	Concrete girder bridge
Total length	1326 feet (404 meters)
Width	96 feet (29.4 m) westbound, 69 feet (21 m) eastbound
Longest span	122 feet
Clearance below	21 feet
History
Opened	1985 (westbound span), 1999 (eastbound span)
Statistics
Daily traffic	39000

Richard P. Braun Bridge is a pair of 10-span concrete girder bridges spanning the Mississippi River between Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The eastbound span was built in 1985 to connect Minnesota State Highway 252 with Minnesota State Highway 610 in Coon Rapids. The westbound span was built in 1999 as part of the continued construction of Highway 610 through Brooklyn Park. Richard P. Braun is a former Mn/DOT Commissioner from 1979-1986.

There is a walkway on the south side of the bridge that connects a trail along West River Road in Brooklyn Park with a trail along the east side of the river in Coon Rapids. The trail on the east side leads to the Coon Rapids Dam, about a mile and a half north.

See also

• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References

• Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4. 
• "National Bridge Inventory". 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-23. 

Crossings of the Mississippi River Upstream Coon Rapids Dam pedestrian and bicycle bridge Richard P. Braun Bridge Downstream I-694 Bridge