The I-35W Minnesota River Bridge connects the counties of Hennepin and Dakota, and the cities of Bloomington and Burnsville, over the Minnesota River.

Inner lanes are MnPass HOV lanes, and a walking/bicycling path is located on the east side of the northbound span.

[3] This bridge replaced a seven-lane steel girder bridge, constructed in 1960 by the Minnesota Highway Department.

When it was built, it replaced a former bridge, located just to the east of the current bridge site, that carried US 65.

Approaches to the former bridge had issues with flooding, with a 1965 flood putting the causeway just south of the bridge completely underwater.