Whose view? From where? — May 2009

This months photo was correctly identified by Ron Middlestadt, who wrote Sure looks like the Lowry Avenue Bridge. Sure thing.

The first Lowry Avenue Bridge connected North Minneapolis to Northeast in 1905. The bridge in the photo was constructed in 1958 using the same piers as the original bridge, raised 20 feet to allow for navigation.

The bridge was closed in April 2008, following concerns over the bridges structural integrity. This April, workers began to dismantle the existing bridge.

After numerous meetings with community members, Hennepin County has settled on a basket handle style bridge design to replace the bridge in the photo. Renderings of the new bridge, along with other information about the project, is available on the project website at www.lowryavenuebridge.com.

About Whose view? From where?

Each month in this section, we feature a photo somewhere along the river corridor in the Twin Cities that is in some way significant or important or just plain scenic. Individuals may then e-mail us and identify the view and explain why they believe it is significant to the community or important to them personally. Well publish some of your responses in the next issue of Mississippi Messages, where we will also reveal the correct answer.

To submit your guess and response, e-mail Bob Spaulding, River Advocate, through our contact form. The respondent to provide the first correct identification of the view and hopefully some interesting thoughts about its significance will receive a valuable prize for their effort. All entries must be received by the first day of the following month for consideration.