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The Midtown Greenway is a partially-completed Bicycle and Pedestrian corridor running east-west in Minneapolis, Minnesota about a block north of Lake Street for most of its length. The largely below-grade Greenway follows a former Milwaukee Road railroad line along 29th Street, abandoned west of Hiawatha Avenue and continuing west past Lake Calhoun. East of Hiawatha, rails still exist and are active as part of the Minnesota Commercial Railway , so the planned trail will pass just south of the railroad line. On the west end, the trail connects to the Southwest LRT Trail (so named because it runs along a proposed Light Rail transit corridor) and the Kenilworth extension of the Cedar Lake Trail . Midway through, it connects to the trails at Lake Calhoun and Lake Of The Isles , both parts of the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway . The east end will eventually reach West River Parkway along the Mississippi River . The trail features one two-way bike path (16 feet wide) and one two-way walking path (though they are combined in some places with restricted space). It is also lined with various community gardens. As of early 2006, the first two phases of the trail are complete, starting at the junction on the west near Lake Calhoun where it meets the Kenilworth and Southwest LRT Trails. The eastern terminus is at Hiawatha Avenue. The third phase, slated to open in 2006, will extend the trail to West River Parkway next to the Mississippi River . Planners have hoped to continue across the river via the Short Line Bridge in the future, though the Canadian Pacific Railway (the successor to the Milwaukee Road) has not been receptive to the idea. The possibility of using the greenway as a future mass-transit corridor has also been studied, with planners favoring a simple Heritage Streetcar line initially built using single track in most places. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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