One last drive over the Lowry Bridge

The Lowry bridge in north Mpls built in 1905 and rebuilt in 1958 is now scheduled for demolition and replacement.

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• minneapolis
• bridge
• mississippi
• lowry
• north
• river
• demolition
• construction
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• analysis
• documentary

[vikingscool]

I didn't know that was demolished.

[eluko79]

Theres a few awesome videos of it blowing up too.

[rayofminneapolis]

Yes! You did it! Historic. I'm pretty sure it's closed now, right?

[eluko79]

You would know better than I would. I live south of the river and it sucks.

[MrSuperRileymoore]

that is one cool open grate bridge

[Milw100]

I miss that sound... The new bridge they are building isnt nearly as cool as the one I remember from childhood- and I doubt its going to have the open deck that hummed as ya drive down it... Im glad I have my 2 foot by 2 foot section of the road deck- with double yellow lines across it! (Some MN Dot guy found it in the pile of decking they removed before the implosion and gave it to me).

[BongoBengie]

clickity clack..ha ha . I knew it well. It sounded like the old roller coaster at Excelsior Amusement Park.

Nice archive. I have some closeups of the rust.

[blueovalboy351]

This is was one of my fav bridges, Born and raised Saint Paulite and frequent Minneapolis visitor RIP lowry ave bridge! wanted to be there for the implosion but unfortunately was trapped in paradise in Hawaii serving in the army :(

[dog64]

I've lived in Texas for the last twenty fives years. I grew up in NE MPLS in the seventies, and remember going over that bridge. If I remember right you could look through the grid and see the river. thanks for your videos, lot's of cool stuff I remember.

[Turbo852]

Hmmm, that's a good question!

[JPa311979]

I have always loved how this bridge looked, and its sound.A few years back, after installing new grates, and paint they had originally intended for it to last until 2020.After the 35W bridge fell, they reinspected and changed their minds.

[eluko79]

If you google "bridges 2005" and click on lost bridges you can see some photos of the first plymouth bridges. I think there's been four of them. The span of the merriam street bridge is whats left of the original broadway bridge from the 80's. Wikipedia has a pic of that one.