Portland Avenue is among the county’s most biked corridors. It connects downtown Minneapolis and north with the Interstate 494 employment corridor, Minneapolis-St. Paul airport and the southeast metro.

The project will complete a critical bicycle transportation link on Portland Avenue. It will install protected bikeways, improve facilities for pedestrians and covert a portion of the road from four to three lanes.

Portland Avenue project map (PDF)

Key features of the project

For people walking and needing accessibility features

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant ramps and sidewalk
• accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS)
• durable crosswalk markings
• countdown timers

For people on bikes

• new dedicated trail
• new wayfinding signage for the Grand Rounds Scenic Bikeway System

For people using transit

• enhanced bus shelters
• enhanced wayfinding signage

Safety improvements and updates for all users

• additional dedicated turn lanes
• new traffic signal mast arms
• revised locations for traffic signals based on usage data and safety needs