The original Hennepin Avenue Bridge

• ... that the first bridge (pictured) to cross the Mississippi River was in Minneapolis?

• ALT1: ...that the first bridge to cross the Mississippi River was the Hennepin Avenue Bridge (pictured) in Minneapolis?
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  • Comment: Article was started using text from MNopedia which is CC BY-SA 3.0, and as such may trigger Earwig with that source.

~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 02:43, 22 January 2025 (UTC).

• New enough, hook verifies from the National Park source, Earwig does indeed register 87% but as it's a compatible license properly cited and attributed I think it can pass. Everything seems cited and the article is long enough and contains the hook, and everything else seems fine for DYK. I'd rephrase the hook a bit (that's just me though, it works as is) but I do think the hook itself is interesting. Good to go! Departure– (talk) 18:27, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi Departure–, Thanks! And I'd open to hearing any hook rephrase suggestions. ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 21:29, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

@Darth Stabro: I was specifically thinking "...that the first bridge over the Mississippi River was the Hennepin Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis?" What are your thoughts on this? Departure– (talk) 21:51, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

sure, Departure– - throw in a picture, and we have ALT1: "...that the first bridge over the Mississippi River was the Hennepin Avenue Bridge (pictured) in Minneapolis?" ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 23:12, 23 January 2025 (UTC)

Adjusted. I think most people would be interested in the first bridge over the most important river in the English-speaking world was, so it doesn't need to embellish facts or focus on anything else because it's independently interesting. Departure– (talk) 13:37, 24 January 2025 (UTC)