- Chicago Avenue Line
The Chicago Avenue Line is a proposed
streetcar corridor inMinneapolis, Minnesota . The line would run along Chicago Avenue from 38th Street South inSouth Minneapolis toNicollet Mall inDowntown Minneapolis via 9th and 10th streets. The line would then run alongNicollet Mall to 5th Street. It would terminate at Nicollet Mall Station on theHiawatha Line .The line would be convert|3|mi long. The cost of track for the line would be approximately
$ 80,000,000. The total cost would also include a maintenance facility and streetcars, so that cost would be significantly higher than $80,000,000. It would be closer to $110,000,000Other proposed streetcar lines that the Chicago Avenue Line would intersect:
*Midtown Greenway Line (South Minneapolis)
*Nicollet Mall Line (Downtown)
* HiawathaLight Rail Line (Northern Terminus)Ridership estimates for this line are approximately 11,000 to 13,000 riders on weekdays.
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