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This bridge, with its ornate details, is a beautiful and historically significant structure, although what is seen today is in fact a mere shell of what was. The bridge has been severely altered in two main ways. First, this bridge is a single span of what was originally the multi-span Broadway Bridge on Broadway Street in Minneapolis. See the above Historic American Engineering Record documentation for more information on that historic bridge. When this bridge was replaced, one of the spans was salvaged and relocated here to Merriam Street in 1985-1987. This is the first major alteration, the reduction of a multi-span bridge to a single span bridge. Additionally, when relocated, the truss was not actually used as a bridge. Instead, the truss was welded onto the steel stringers of a replacement bridge, in a manner that retained the bottom chord but resulted in the loss of the floor beams. As such, the trusses only serve a decorative purpose and do not carry a load. The bridge contains substantial ornamentation including finials, portal cresting, and builder plaque. These are all things that were typical of 19th century urban bridges. Few examples of these sorts of bridges remain today. Thus, despite alteration, this span remains significant as a rare physical remnant of a 19th century urban metal truss bridge. This bridge was a very wide bridge for its age, with a roadway width of 34 feet.
This bridge is tagged with the following special condition(s): Trusses Converted To Decorative
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