Stock Photo - Minneapolis skyline at dawn as seen from the Stone Arch Bridge The Stone Arch Bridge is a former railroad bridge crossing the Mississippi River at Saint Anthony Falls in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota Positioned between the 3rd Avenue Bridge and the I-35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge, the Stone Arch Bridge was built in 1883 by railroad tycoon James J Hill for his Great Northern Railway, and accessed the former passenger station located about a mile to the west, on the west bank of the river The structure is now used as a pedestrian and bicycle bridge It is an Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 as a part of the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District, District 71000438