http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Minneapolis
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Thursday, January 23, 2014
On This Date in Minnesota History: January 23
January 23, 1855 – “The Hennepin Avenue Bridge,
a suspension bridge that was the first bridge built over the full width of the
Mississippi River, was built in 1854 and dedicated on [on this date]. The
bridge had a span of 620 feet (189 m), a roadway of 17 feet (5 m), and was built
at a cost of $36,000. The toll was five cents for pedestrians and twenty-five
cents for horsedrawn wagons.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Minneapolis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Minneapolis
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