A picture of the Cedar Avenue Bridge taken in early spring, 2006. This view is taken from the south end of the bridge looking northward.

The Cedar Avenue Bridge is the longest bridge entirely within the U.S. state of Minnesota (two bridges connecting Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin are longer). It carries Minnesota State Highway 77 across the Minnesota River between the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburbs of Bloomington and Eagan, Minnesota. The two parallel crossings for northbound and southbound lanes are respectively 5,159 feet (1,572 m) and 5,185 feet (1,580 m) in length. It was built in 1979, superseding an older swing bridge by the same name that was composed of low-lying truss segments. A state of the United States (a U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Official language(s) None Capital Largest city Saint Paul Minneapolis Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 12th 87,014 sq mi  225,365 km² 250 miles  400 km 400 miles  645 km 8. ... Map Political Statistics Founded 1679 Incorporated 1800s County St. ... Railyard in the port of Superior Superior is the a city and the county seat of Douglas County, Wisconsin. ... Minnesota State Highway 77 is a Limited Access Highway that connects Apple Valley, Minnesota to Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... The Minnesota River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the state of Minnesota in the United States. ... The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. ... Bloomington is a city located in Hennepin County, Minnesota, a suburb south of Minneapolis. ... Eagan is a city located in Dakota County, Minnesota, and is a thriving suburb of the Twin Cities metropolitan area located approximately 15 miles southeast of downtown Minneapolis. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... A swing bridge is a bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring at or near to its center, about which it can then pivot horizontally as shown in the animated illustration below. ... Truss bridge for a single track railway, converted to pedestrian use and pipeline support. ...

The original Cedar Avenue Bridge was built in 1890 and carried automobile traffic into the 1990s. The narrow span continued operation as a bicycle trail until 2002 when it was deemed too unsafe. Back when the old structure was the main crossing, heavy traffic delays would occur because of the bridge's small size and the need to operate the swing segment to let boat traffic pass. The modern bridge has three lanes in each direction, in addition to a shoulder which is often used by buses to get past traffic slowdowns. 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Some boats in a harbor in Miami Beach, Florida A boat is a watercraft, usually smaller than most ships. ... A hard shoulder or simply shoulder is a reserved area alongside the verge of a road or motorway. ... TheBus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ...

References

• Weeks III, John A.. Cedar Avenue Bridge. URL accessed on 2006-03-21.