TKDA improved traffic into downtown Minneapolis with an elegant bridge and roadway design
The Van White Memorial Boulevard provides an elegantly-designed solution for traffic and pedestrians to travel into downtown from North Minneapolis. TKDA provided bridge and roadway design, construction documents, construction administration support and project management. The project design included a 3,442-foot two-lane roadway, 3,190-feet of multiuse trail and three bridges. A 64-foot single-span bridge crosses Bassett Creek and two parallel five-span bridges, 615 feet and 650 feet in length, cross existing BNSF tracks, two access roads and a multiuse trail. While only one bridge deck is constructed, the second is designed and is ready to be constructed as future growth demands.