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JAKE LYNCH
PHILLIP HUSSONG/COURTESY HENNEPIN COUNTY
Midtown Greenway (Minnesota)
The 5.5-mile Midtown Greenway cuts a lush
green swath through the southern neighborhoods
of Minneapolis, only minutes from downtown.
Nestled in an early 20th-century railroad cut, it
also bypasses the street traffic crossing overhead
on more than two dozen historical bridges. On
its west end, the greenway connects to path-
ways looping around the scenic Chain of Lakes
region—described in the late 1880s as “a necklace
of diamond in settings of emerald”—and, on its
east end, the beautiful Martin Olav Sabo Bridge
and the Mississippi River. The trail is located only
two blocks from the city’s Metro light rail system,
opening up opportunities for trail users to con-
nect to popular hot spots like the Mall of America
and Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins
baseball team.
-TRAIL HALL OF FAME
By Laura Stark
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