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Transit System Map Buses Entering Downtown on 2Nd Avenue Stop at Bus Stops with “E” Signs To/From Blue Line I-35W & Lake Street, Light Rail To/From Downtown Minneapolis Downtown Minneapolis Downtown Minneapolis Downtown St. Paul University of Minnesota5th St Mississippi Pine St Pine Lafayette Rd Lafayette Olive St Olive Transit System Map Buses entering downtown on 2nd Avenue stop at bus stops with “E” signs. Sherburne Ave Buses leaving downtown on Marquette Avenue stop at bus stops with “C” signs. 35E University University Ave Regions 35W Hiawatha Ave Hospital W 15th Ave 17th Ave Park St Park i 1st St lli Ridder Capitol Grove St us SE 4th St Arena Jackson St S N Pine St t SE University Ave Eective October 2016 Aurora Ave e 14th St Broadway Av TCF Bank n Stadium 3rd St tio Robert St 2nd Ave u 2nd St tit Cedar St Central Marquette Ave Cons 8th St 394 Library 460 7th St Lafayette Fwy W 2nd Ave . To/From 464 Ri University st Ave ve Downtown 1 r P 10th St 9th St of Minnesota Target 465 Washington Ave kw Minnesota St11th St Jackson St 94 St. Paul Center y Robert St 470 4th St3rd Ave 8th St Broadway St Washington Gateway 465 5th St 7th St Willey Oak St 472 Ramp Guthrie 94 Cedar St Washington Ave Hennepin Ave 475 Theater Hall 35W IDS 475 5th St Mears 475 490 Center 490 Healtheast 7th St Park 465 6th St 9th St 7th Pl 19th Ave Green Line 476 St. Joseph’s Wall St Green Line To/From Wabasha St Wacouta St Coman Main St Main Hospital 477 7th St U of M Green Line Union 35E e 5th St Blue Line g St. Peter St 6th St Anderson 9th St n 480 St. Paul 478 8th St a Hall LaSalle Ave 4th Ave h 484 c 460 479 x E 5th Ave Nicollet Ave 7th St Sibley St 490 9th St U.S. Bank 5th St 489 Union 464 Marquette490 491 493 491 Stadium 480 Depot Warner Rd 465 1 Park Ave 6th St 46th St 0th St Portland Ave H 46th Street Station 490 493 492 Chicago Ave K e 4th St ia 1 l 5th St 484 470 w 493 1th St lo 489 a Hennepin County g Xcel Washington th 2nd g 472 a Medical Center 9th Ave Energy A Orchestra 12th St Rice Park v 0th Ave E Market e Routes: 7, 9, 46, 74, 84, Hall 1 ag Center Kellogg Blvd 475 W 7th St l 1th Ave Chestnut e City Hall 436, 446, Blue Line, A Line 1 S Shepard Rd Pick-up route 476 Grant St 2th Ave t River Central 484R Robert St Minneapolis bus routes 1 Centre Library Rd Drop-o route 477 d 440 Maynard Dr W e Bus stops ar VA Medical Convention v p Science he Bus stops 478 Center HWY A S Center 15th St 6th St 1st Ave d limited service Museum r 1 479 5 3 HWY HWY Limited Service 35W Exchange 491 Bus stops 62 436 13 94 484 Fort Snelling Station 436 COUNTY 480 43 HWY HWY HWY HWY 489 62 62 77 149 446 HWY Mendota Heights 55 City Hall MSP 490 493 HWY HWY International 446 To/From 35W Airport 110 110 Downtown Minneapolis 470 Bus stops on Parkview and U of M 472 Hwy 110 only at Plaza Legend 440 446 Lexington Ave Map Legend will go here 475 HWY 35E Richeld 476 13 476 Route Number 477 HWY 478 Blue Line 5 436 Ave Lexington Bus Route 460 HWY 479 Knob Rd Pilot 55 Mendota Edina Dodd Rd Express Routes 465 COUNTY 31 464 491 ights Rd Heights Local Routes Mendota He 492 Blue Line 446 Flex Routes Mendota Heights HWY 470 Business Park 494 Non-Stop Bus Route 494 494 Eagan Transit Station 494 5 440 470 436 Bus does not make stops on this portion of the route. Knob Rd Pilot 446 Eagandale Northwest Pkwy y Sherman Ct en al Pkw Corporate Center Dr Center C tr Marice Dr USPS/ Limited Service Bus Route Mall of 24th Ave 82nd St 489 35E IS-ASC Ecolab Only certain trips take this portion of a route. Argosy Denmark Ave America 470 Mall of America Station HWY Oak Lone Pkwy Schuman University COUNTY 480 28th Avenue Station 31 480 Campus Boulder Central 13 Lakes Limited Service Non-Stop Route Killebrew Dr 484 436 Park Norwest Ct 470 COUNTY Commons 484 COUNTY Only certain trips take this portion of a route. Routes: 5, 54, 415, 444, 495, 495 Eagandale 43 Wells COUNTY Lone Oak Rd Lone Oak Rd 489 26 Yankee Doodle Rd Fargo 515, 538, 539, 540, 542, 444 Routes: 54, Blue Line 26 Direction of travel on one-way part of route 484 446 Lone Oak Rd 445 446 Red Line, Blue Line 28th Ave 470 Ave Lexington HWY HWY Red Line Bus Rapid Transit 437 HWY Red Line 484 HWY r tre Dr 77 Gemini Rd 149 55 D n 470 Ce 169 n Knob Rd Pilot n Rd Coachman Light Rail to w ProAct g g o Cub USPS n in T o 489 Wash Letendre St r Foods National t 436 Many routes travel on this highway Best s Rd Ames Crossing 440 445 Distribution rm Eagan Western Eagan Transit Station A Center il Federal Dr Federal e 444 Donald Ave Park & Ride lot - park for free while you commute. Yankee Doodle Rd N Yankee Doodle Rd 472 437 489 Dodd Rd Yankee Dr Bike Lockers - safely store your bike while you commute. Routes:Walmart 437, 445, 446, 470, 480, 484 445 480 Cedar Grove 475 d 470 Eagan R 445 Town Centre Dr 446 od D s wo r 476 Blue Cross/Blue Shield s YMCA Bus Service - connect with bus routes at this location. 470 uck Transit Station ro Opperman Dr D 477 C 445 e Delta Dental 35E lu Rail Service - connect with rail service at this location. Cedar Grove Transit Station 478 B 446 Duckwood Dr Thomson 490 Bloomington 479 495 HWY Point of Interest Kennebec Dr Reuters Routes: 437, 438, 440, 444, 445, 13 Cedar 491 Trail Argenta COUNTY 465 437 484 493 98th St 472, 475, 491, 492, Red Line Grove Denmark Ave Flex Route Deviation Area - Routes 420 and 421 1 492 HWY Pkwy Red Line Silverbell Rd 445 480 Wescott Rd Rd Elrene 437 149 470 446 438 Wescott Northbound Trips HWY Cedar Library 77 440 Grove 472 Eagan iew 445 472 Northv Park 35E City Hall Rd South Bloomington 35W 484 Transit Center 472 Ave Lexington 446 Eagan Nicols Rd 438 Blackhawk Rd Pilot Knob Rd Pilot High School HWY 475 Dodd Rd 13 440 Eagan 444 Rahn Rd Braddock COUNTY Routes: 18, 465, 535, Diey COUNTY Sommerville 444 COUNTY Diey Rd Diey Rd 539, 554, 597 438 30 30 472 Diey Rd 30 Southbound Trips 472 k 480 Atwood Diey w a 470 Fuller 475 475 Dakota Hills Metcalf h Shakopee 491 k Middle School HWY Junior High 476 440 c Blackhawk Park & Ride 1st Ave Amazon 492 School la 3 Milestone 477 Cli B 497 Nicols Rd 444 ke Rd Red Line Rahn Rd 3rd Ave 478 La 484 Routes: 438, 470, 472, 480 4th Ave Valley Industrial Blvd 479 Scott County 495 Southbridge Crossings 438 Holmes 460 491 Park & Ride Ave Cedar Courthouse Workforce 465 495 438 Eagle Creek Blvd Center COUNTY Cli Rd 492 472 COUNTY Canterbury Rd Canterbury Amazon 464 32 491 480 Cli Rd 472 32 10th Ave Shenandoah Canterbury Entrust Fullllment Center Routes: 490, 491, 492, 499 Cli Rd Oakwoods 497 Park Datacard P HWY o of Eagan 6th Ave 12th Ave HWY COUNTY 499 r t Spencer St Spencer Burnsville l Valley Park Dr Park Valley 77 12th Ave RR Donnelly a 31 n High School 13 d 480 Community 493 HWY 122nd St Red Line Town Walmart homas Lake Rd Center 169 T Square Vierling Dr Cub Vierling Dr 495 Sam’s Club e ean Lakes B HWY v Mall Foods lvd Quentin Ave Ave Princeton Ottawa Ave r D A COUNTY D 440 e Walmart 444 i Bayer 13 d 11 491 x 123rd Washburn Ave o 475 a CakeJohnny Ridge Rd HWY l HWY CropScience 421 Frontage Rd o Kohl’s & Eagle Creek Blvd 124th St a 499 495 w Chowen Ave 13 k 476 G Fuller St Fuller 125th St 480 Adams St Adams 169 Target kwy r 17th Ave S e P a t Frontage Rd ill P a M.W. Savage sv 477 Palomino Hills Park & Ride 17th Ave g 421 rn 490 Bu HWY e Elementary 491 499 c 478 o Savage s Dr Burnsville Glenhurst 3 School Rd Knob Pilot a am wy 492 Lynn Ave Lynn COUNTY Joppa Ave i S c ll k 479 o Savage i P Ave Cedar St Francis Ave u h W le Burnsville Routes: 440, 476, 477, 480 478 il 38 Marschall Road t R McColl Dr (130th St) h Library t COUNTY v COUNTY b d S s City Hall Weston Ct Weston St Francis Regional n Transit Station ri d 421 r r 1 t Eagle Creek Blvd d n Brookview Dr 5 u 444 no D 27th S Minnesota 38 Medical Center Eagle Creek g 32 B mi e 1 o s Rd Burnsville l w Zoo Savage City Hall 35E a re P d P Park & Ride COUNTY 421 464 r d k Ice Center 478 n 475 w a A 464 r c 16 i M Sarazin Ave Sarazin Routes: 490, 493, y 421 Highland Dr 133rd G Nicollet Junior Falcon Ridge S 35W Pillsbury Ave Nicollet Ave COUNTY t 479 495, 497, 499 31 High School 478 440 Middle School 479 Routes: 490, 491, 492 e Co Rd 21 465 St v Rosemount d h d 464 t A 132nd St v 5 R J l 3 t u n 476 Dakota Ave Dakota 1 136th St 475 B e d o S COUNTY Marschall Rd Marschall l 426 ic t COUNTY a i a d h l Burnsville 140th Street Station p d 38 COUNTY d Vernon Ave Vernon t R McAndrews Rd 476 n 33 491 d 464 o 7 U Post Oce 27 e Burnhaven McAndrews Rd l 13 477 D 138th St COUNTY G Library 442 140th St Eagle Ridge 444 Rd Knob Rd Pilot ws 38 479 ail Hidden Valley Dr Junior High re YMCA Ave Cedar Route: Red Line Tr Flagsta Ave Flagsta d Galaxie Ave a School 140th St n 480 ar Lifetime McA onnem Mystic Lake Dr Lake Mystic Pennock Ave Pennock C Fitness 141st St 476 140th St Co Rd 42 SOUTH NORTH 140th St COUNTY Egan Dr 479 492 COUNTY COUNTY 464 442 Fairview 476 491 COUNTY Apple 42 491 42 421 42 Ridges Evergreen 11 440 East View Scott Highlands Rosemount High School To/From Aldrich Ave Valley 490 d NORTH SOUTH 142nd St 492 Hospital Ave Biscayne Downtown Egan Dr S R 464 High School Middle School Rosemount l High o 475 Savage l St.
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