Location

• 140th Street West in Apple Valley to I-494 in Bloomington
  

Goals

• Reduce congestion along the entire corridor without moving the problem downstream
• Provide advantages for transit and carpoolers
• Provide a congestion-free choice for single occupant vehicles
• Utilize existing infrastructure

Additional Links

• Managed Lanes Fact Sheet
• Contra Lanes Fact Sheet
• Existing managed lanes on I-394 and I-35W
• Why Managed Lanes?
• Final Report
• Dakota County Letter of Support
• City of Bloomington Letter of Support
• City of Apple Valley Letter of Support
• City of Eagan Letter of Support
  

MnPASS Lane

Description:

• New HOV/HOT lane from 138th Street to Old Shakopee Road
  
• Requires concrete median barrier from 138th Street to I-35E (no grass median)
  
• Will require noise walls

 

Advantages:

• Relieves bottleneck north of 138th Street and at the river bridge without overloading the I-494 interchange
  
• Increases capacity over bridge - attracts trips away from regional system
  
• Provides transit advantage for express buses
  
• Provides congestion-free choice for general purpose traffic and carpools
  
• Improves travel time reliability – except for station-to-station transit service

 

Disadvantages:

• Requires concrete median barrier from 138th to I-35E
  
• Lack of bus shoulder over bridge takes away transit advantage for station to station service and express buses out of Eagan – limited travel time reliability
  
• Limited snow storage will require peak period lane closures during some snow storms