Lake Street / Midtown

Lake Street/Midtown is a light rail station on the Blue Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota.This station is a bridge above Lake Street along the west side of Minnesota State Highway 55 (Hiawatha Avenue) in Minneapolis. This is a center-platform station. Along with the Franklin Avenue station, the Lake Street/Midtown station is one of the two above-grade stations on the Blue Line. Service began at this station when the Blue Line opened on June 26, 2004.The Midtown Station is one of four stations immediately adjacent to Hiawatha Avenue. Others include 38th Street Station, 46th Street Station, and 50th Street Station. The Hiawatha Corridor features a wide variety of architecture including grain elevators, subsidized housing, and well-established neighborhoods, such as Longfellow and Corcoran.A complex array of public transit, including light rail and bus, multi-lane roadways, and foot traffic all converge upon the Lake Street/Hiawatha Avenue intersection. Even before the current high traffic volume, city planners had long-recognized the importance of the Hiawatha Avenue Corridor as a key artery for the city, connecting downtown Minneapolis and the airport.