Franklin Avenue Bridge
The Franklin Avenue Bridge, officially the F.W. Cappelen Memorial Bridge, carries Franklin Avenue over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Also known as: “F.W. Cappelen Memorial Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dartmouth Bridge and Weisman Art Museum.
Dartmouth Bridge
Bridge
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Dartmouth Bridge is a steel girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Minneapolis between the Cedar-Riverside area and the University of Minnesota campus area. Dartmouth Bridge is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Franklin Avenue Bridge.
Weisman Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Weisman Art Museum is an art museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1934 as University Gallery, the museum was originally housed in an upper floor of the university's Northrop Auditorium. Weisman Art Museum is situated 1 mile northwest of Franklin Avenue Bridge.
Huntington Bank Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Huntington Bank Stadium is an outdoor stadium located on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The stadium opened in 2009 after three years of construction. Huntington Bank Stadium is situated 1 mile north of Franklin Avenue Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seward and Stadium Village.
Seward
Neighborhood
Seward is a neighborhood in the Longfellow community of Minneapolis, Minnesota, located geographically southeast of downtown. It consists of the land bordered by the Hiawatha Avenue industrial district to the west, Minneapolis Midtown Greenway to the south, the Mississippi River to the east, and Interstate 94 to the north.
Stadium Village
Quarter
Stadium Village is an area of Minneapolis, Minnesota near the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota. While not an official neighborhood of Minneapolis, the area is an important commercial district that serves university students with many bars and restaurants.
University
Neighborhood
Photo: Bobak, CC BY-SA 2.5.
University is a neighborhood within the greater University community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is almost completely occupied by the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota, hence the name.
Franklin Avenue Bridge
- Categories: deck arch bridge, road bridge, and transportation
- Location: Minneapolis, Hennepin, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.96367° or 44° 57′ 49″ northLongitude
-93.22301° or 93° 13′ 23″ westOpen location code
86P8XQ7G+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 351691377OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q1445163
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Franklin Avenue Bridge” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Franklin Avenue Bridge”
- French: “Franklin Avenue Bridge”
- German: “Franklin Avenue Bridge”
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