| Bridge Name: | I-35W Minnesota River Bridge |
| Crosses: | Minnesota River |
| Carries: | Eight Lanes of ; |
| Locale: | Bloomington, Minnesota and Burnsville, Minnesota |
| Mainspan: | 385feet |
| Number Spans: | 2 |
| Length: | 1361.5feet |
| Width: | 170feet |
| Cost: | $147,600,000 |
| Lanes: | 8 |
| Traffic: | 54,500 |
| Design: | Steel Continuous-Beam Span |
| Begin: | 2018 |
| Open: | 2019 |
| Complete: | 2021 |
| Maint: | Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) |
| Id: | NBI 27W38 (Northbound), 27W39 (Southbound) |
| Coordinates: | 44.8°N -93.29°W |
The I-35W Minnesota River Bridge connects the counties of Hennepin and Dakota, and the cities of Bloomington and Burnsville, over the Minnesota River. The bridge has eight lanes, four lanes in each direction. Inner lanes are MnPass HOV lanes, and a walking/bicycling path is located on the east side of the northbound span.[1] [2] The bridge is 1361feet long, and 170feet wide.[3]
| Bridge Name: | 1960-2018 I-35W Minnesota River bridge |
| Crosses: | Minnesota River |
| Carries: | four southbound and three northbound lanes of |
| Locale: | Dakota and Hennepin counties |
| Design: | Plate girder bridge |
| Width: | (seven traffic lanes) |
| Open: | 1960 |
| Closed: | 2018 |
| Maint: | Minnesota Department of Transportation |
| Id: | 5983[4] |
This bridge replaced a seven-lane steel girder bridge, constructed in 1960 by the Minnesota Highway Department. When it was built, it replaced a former bridge, located just to the east of the current bridge site, that carried US 65. Approaches to the former bridge had issues with flooding, with a 1965 flood putting the causeway just south of the bridge completely underwater. MnPass lanes were added in 2009.[5]