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MINNEAPOLIS LIGHT RAIL
Crossing Hiawatha
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The inbound train in this scene negotiates the Hiawatha Ave. overpass and
is beginning the downgrade that will bring it back to street level. A bit of ripped up rail from a former
Milwaukee Road freight branch is
visible to the left of the line, just beyond the 28th Ave. S. road crossing.
Trains get signal priority at the various road crossings all through
this area. Traffic on Hiawatha Ave. is significantly backed up in
this morning view. Although the train route never crosses that
road at grade, traffic is stopped when trains activate grade crossings
nearby. There was much tweaking of competing priorities in
the first few years of the line's existence. |
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