Cappelen Memorial Bridge, carries Franklin Avenue over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

It was designed by Frederick William Cappelen, assisted by Kristoffer Olsen Oustad, both of whom were among four important Norwegian-American engineers working in the region at the time.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 along with several other area bridges as part of a multiple-property submission.

The bridge was extensively rehabilitated between 2015 and 2017, including restoring some of the details lost in the 1970s reconstruction [2] The bridge's designer, Frederick William Cappelen, was also responsible for the design of many public works buildings in Minneapolis, such as the Prospect Park Water Tower[3] and the Kenwood Park Water Tower.

[6][7] As a memorial to his life and career, the city council decided immediately after Cappelen's death to name the bridge in his honor.