I-35W Minnesota River bridge

1960-2018 I-35W Minnesota River bridge
1960-2018 I-35W Minnesota River bridge
Hennepin counties
Maintained by	Minnesota Department of Transportation
ID number	5983
Characteristics
Design	Plate girder bridge
Total length	1,446 feet (441 m)
Width	103 feet (31 m) (seven traffic lanes)
Clearance below	54 feet (16 m)
History
Opened	1960
Closed	2018

I-35W Minnesota River Bridge
I-35W Minnesota River Bridge
Coordinates	44°48′0″N 93°17′24″W / 44.80000°N 93.29000°W
Carries	Eight Lanes of I-35W;
Crosses	Minnesota River
Locale	Bloomington, Minnesota and Burnsville, Minnesota
Maintained by	Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT)
ID number	NBI 27W38 (Northbound), 27W39 (Southbound)
Characteristics
Design	Steel Continuous-Beam Span
Total length	1,361.5 feet (415 m)
Width	170.0 feet (52 m)
Longest span	385.0 feet (117 m)
No. of spans	2
No. of lanes	8
History
Construction start	2018
Construction end	2021
Construction cost	$147,600,000
Opened	2019
Statistics
Daily traffic	54,500
Location

The I-35W Minnesota River Bridge connects the counties of

MnPass HOV lanes, and a walking/bicycling path is located on the east side of the northbound span.^[1]^[2] The bridge is 1,361 feet (415 m) long, and 170 feet (52 m) wide.^[3]

This bridge replaced a seven-lane steel girder bridge, constructed in 1960 by the

Minnesota Highway Department. When it was built, it replaced a former bridge, located just to the east of the current bridge site, that carried US 65. Approaches to the former bridge had issues with flooding, with a 1965 flood putting the causeway just south of the bridge completely underwater. MnPass lanes were added in 2009.^[5]