New I-35 Bridge Design Focused More on Function, Not Aesthetics

After discussions were had, citizens groups were formed to try and get Minneapolis to hire a starchitect for the job, and the “instead, let’s do it cheap and efficient” route was chosen, the new I-35W bridge has opened in the city and is being met with a collective “Eh.” While we reported on some of the design directions the city was going in on crafting a replacement for the collapsed bridge last year, some of the most positive things said about it seem to fall in line with this: “It doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb” (which feels like an early front-runner for the “Best Midwestern Compliment of 2008” award).