Minneapolis now has a cable stay bridge. So what, you ask? In a cable-stay bridge the deck is held up from above rather than below so the engineering becomes the aesthetic. And a spectacular look it is too, with nine pairs of steel cables flaring out from the 115-foot-high mast on the west flank of the bridge. URS of Minneapolis developed the $5.1 million design for Hennepin County.
Also, it’s lovely. It’s been up for about a week now. Anyone use it yet?
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