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[ # ] Midtown Greenway’s Hiawatha Suspension Bridge
July 19th, 2007 under Midtown Greenway, Minneapolis, biking




Midtown Greenway’s, originally uploaded by edkohler.

The suspension beam is in place for the Midtown Greenway bike trail’s crossing of Hiawatha Ave and the LRT.

The bridge is unique to Minnesota with a one-beam suspension style.

Some have criticized the bridge for it’s price. The Other Mike and I calculated that this bridge costs the equivalent of 6 minutes of Bush’s war in Iraq.


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    [ # 2391 ] Comment from versitalex [July 20, 2007, 10:16 am]

    Don’t want to sound like a jerk, but that’s actually a cable-stayed bridge. Link.

    [ # 2392 ] Comment from kohler [July 20, 2007, 10:41 am]

    Thanks, veritalex. I had no idea that a cable-stayed bridge was a compromise between a cantilever and suspension. I’m feeling informed.

    [ # 2404 ] Comment from Shek [July 22, 2007, 2:35 am]

    [ # 2421 ] Comment from Erica [July 23, 2007, 1:02 pm]

    this bridge costs the equivalent of 6 minutes of Bush’s war in Iraq

    Well that sure puts it in perspective.

    [ # 3071 ] Comment from Josh [October 23, 2007, 9:25 am]

    If the cost of waging any war is the justification of spending any amount of money on pork, then I guess we should build thousands of bike bridges in Minnesota. The comment is completely irrelevant.

    How about comparing it to the cost of LOSING the war on islamo terror? The cost would be even more insignificant in comparision–and equally irrelevant.

    Let’s have North Dakota pay for our bike bridges!

    [ # 3308 ] Comment from Bob [November 6, 2007, 12:02 pm]

    Is is Islamo like Islamic only spelled wrong?

    [ # 3335 ] Comment from Josh [November 7, 2007, 7:55 pm]

    No. The word should have been capitalized as a proper noun. Other than that, it is a perfectly acceptable adjective, just as “Italo” (Italian) “Sino” (Chinese) “Franco” (French) or “Russo” (Russian) are all perfectly correct spellings.

    Let’s hear it for form over substance!
    (sigh)

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