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"This is the only arched bridge made of stone anywhere on the Mississippi," said Minneapolis Councilmember Steve Fletcher. The James J. Hill Stone Arch Bridge was originally built in 1883 for the ...
According to Minnesota historian Larry Millett, it's the only bridge of its kind spanning the Mississippi, and the second-oldest one spanning it. Officially named the James J. Hill Stone Arch ...
The Stone Arch Bridge was built in the 1880s by James J. Hill’s Great Northern Railroad. At its peak, it brought 80 passenger trains a day to Union Station, according to the Minneapolis Parks Board.
This last gasp of summer is going to be the final chance to catch some good weather on Minneapolis' Stone Arch Bridge for quite a while. You wouldn't feel it from walking on it, but the bridge ...
The James J. Hill Stone Arch Bridge as it neared completion in 1883. (The Minnesota Star Tribune) The last passenger train crossed the Stone Arch in 1978; the line was abandoned a decade later.
Collins Engineers is working with the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation on the restoration of the James J. Hill Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis. The 19th-century masonry structure is due for ...
James J. and Mary Hill lived in the stone mansion on Summit Avenue that is now a historic site. When Louis married Maud Van Cortlandt Taylor in 1901, he built a graceful Georgian Revival next door ...
A stone-arch bridge in Nockamixon Township ... since it was erected in 1804. The bridge carries Old Easton Road across Nockamixon Creek near Ealer Hill Road. A recent inspection revealed that ...