I-35W & Lake Street station
bus rapid transit station in Minneapolis on the Orange Line
I-35W & Lake Street station is a bus rapid transit station along the Metro Orange Line and B Line bus rapid transit (BRT) routes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In addition to the BRT services, the station is also served by Metro route 578, Minnesota Valley Transit Authority routes 460, 465, 467, 470, 472, 475 and 477, along with SouthWest Transit routes 600 and 695.
The current station opened on October 21, 2021, replacing a pair of on-highway bus stops along the outside lanes of I-35W at Lake Street. The station itself cost $20 million and was built as part of the 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown reconstruction project. The new two-story station is located between I-35W over Lake Street with a transit plaza on Lake Street with a landscaped ramp connecting it to the Midtown Greenway. The old bus stops were not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) since stairways were the only way pedestrians were able to access the freeway stops to and from Lake Street below. The new station is ADA-compliant with four elevators (along with ramps and stairs) for a seamless transition between either side of the busway platforms and Lake Street platforms.
History
The original station opened April 15, 1968 following the completion of Interstate 35W between Crosstown (MN 62) and Interstate 94. Freeway service to the station was initially provided by Twin City Lines Route 35 Freeway Express and later Bloomington Bus Company, both providing suburban express bus service from Richfield and Bloomington to Downtown Minneapolis. The station connected with Twin City Lines frequent and heavily used Route 21 Selby-Lake along Lake Street and Selby Avenue between Uptown and Downtown Saint Paul.
The public source identifies “I-35W & Lake Street station” as bus rapid transit station in Minneapolis on the Orange Line. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around I-35W, Lake and Street.
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