Via press release:
The new Bismarck 6th Street parking ramp is now open for parking. The 6th Street Parking Ramp is located on 6th Street between Thayer and Broadway Avenue. The ramp has the capacity to hold 483 vehicles. Monthly parking in the 6th Street Parking Ramp is available for a fee of $53 per month. Access is controlled with card readers and gates. To sign up for monthly parking, please go to the Bismarck Parking Authority at the Parkade office, 114 N. 6th Street.
The six-level structure provides angled parking with one-way traffic flow for ease of parking and economy. Vehicle entry and access to the parking ramp is from 6th Street at the south end of the structure. Vehicles exit the structure one-way onto Thayer Avenue. A stairway and elevator tower is provided at the northeast corner, and a staircase at the southwest corner of the parking structure.
The 6th Street parking ramp structure is an architecturally enhanced parking structure designed to complement the development of surrounding downtown environments. Several design alternatives were developed and presented to the public during the design stage. The architectural style that was selected was influenced by that of the former Carnegie Library that was on the building site prior to 1980. In memory of the historic Carnegie library, the Bismarck Parking Authority named the parking ramp levels after well-known authors: Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Margaret Mitchell and Louis L ’Amour. Landscaping is designed to blend with the existing streetscape.
The walls of the structure include generous openings for natural lighting and the openness of the stairway provides a passive security element. Security cameras are located throughout the ramp in addition to high-efficiency LED (light-emitting diode) lighting technology. The lighting contains motion detection technology that dims when not in use to conserve energy.
For more information visit www.bismarckparkingauthority.com; www.bismarcknd.gov or call 701-222-8954.
