Here's an artist's rendering of the planned new Lowry Avenue Bridge -- a steel-arch, basket-handle design estimated to cost about $80 million.
This afternoon, Hennepin County will reveal more details about the new bridge along with information on the demolition of the existing century-old structure set to be imploded at 9 a.m. Sunday.
The two-lane bridge spanning the Mississippi River between north and northeast Minneapolis has been closed for a year after being found structurally deficient. The steel open-grate bridge was built in 1905 and substantially rebuilt on its original piers in 1958.
Construction of the new bridge is scheduled to start this fall and take two years.
--Laurie Blake • 612-673-1711
