University and Fourth Avenue improvements

Hennepin County, in participation with the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), Metro Transit, and the University of Minnesota, is improving University Avenue (County Road 36) and Fourth Street (County Road 37) between I-35W and Oak Street in Minneapolis.

Full-size University and Fourth Avenue project area map (PNG, 1MB)

Project updates

Traffic impacts

This project is complete, and the roads have reopened to everyone who uses them. Improvements include:

• New pavement on University Avenue and 4th Street
• Protected bike lanes on University Avenue and Fourth Street
• Upgraded intersections that meet Americans with Disability Act (ADA) requirements
• Modernized traffic signals
• Improved access to transit stops

Project background

Improving the corridor

Hennepin County will improve University Avenue and Fourth Street SE between Oak Street and I-35W. 

View the project layout and typical section

• Project layout – University and Fourth (PDF, 3MB) 

Related projects

The following projects being led by partner agencies will improve infrastructure on or around the corridor:

• MnDOT's University and Fourth project page
• Metro Transit E Line bus rapid transit (BRT) project
• MnDOT's I-94 project page