page_title: Downtown Minot
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Downtown Minot / Geography
caption_attribution_description: The lower flight of the First Street Stairs in Minot, ND. Taken 2/24/13
context_page_description: Downtown Minot is the central business district of Minot, North Dakota, located south of the Souris River in the Souris Valley. Downtown is the site of the first permanent settlement in Minot in 1886. Downtown is home to many of Minot's cultural sites of interest. It is also home to numerous galleries, stores and restaurants. The Minot Riverwalk traverses the downtown.
context_section_description: Downtown Minot is located in the Souris River Valley between North Hill and South Hill along US Route 83.  The neighborhood is roughly bound by Fifth Avenue South to the south, Fifth Street Southwest to the west, CP's railroad tracks to the north and Front Street to the east.  The major streets through downtown include Broadway (formerly Second Street West), the Burdick Expressway (Business US 2/52), Main Street and Central Avenue.  Main Street and Central Avenue divide the city's street into four quadrants.  Streets east of Main Street are designated east, while streets west of Main Street are designated west.  Likewise, streets north of Central Avenue are designated north, while those to the south are designated south.  Downtown is connected to the north side of the Souris River by three bridges, the Broadway Bridge and the Third Street Bridge carry automobile traffic over the railroad track and river and the Anne Street Viaduct is a pedestrian bridge making this crossing.  The Broadway Bridge, which carries US 83 across the river, was completed in 1962.  The First Avenue Pedestrian Bridge over the Souris River, built in 1935, connects downtown with the Torbenson neighborhood.  The Eastwood Park Bridge is a pedestrian bridge over the Eastwood Oxbow, which connects downtown with the Eastwood Park neighborhood.  The Eastwood Park Bridge, a false arch bridge built in 1927, carries Sixth Street from Central Avenue to First Avenue SE.  The First Street Stairs is a set of stairs connecting two sections of First Street and downtown with South Hill.
caption: First Street Stairs to South Hill