Improving the corridor
The existing roadway on Osseo Road (County Road 152) between 49th and Penn avenues (County Road 2) has reached the end of its service life and is due for reconstruction. The Osseo Road bridge over the Canadian Pacific railroad will also require rehabilitation work.
Updates will also be made to Osseo Road focusing on:
- Safety and accessibility upgrades
- Complete Streets elements
- Green Streets elements
- Redecking the bridge
Complete and Green Streets elements
Complete Streets elements
The updated design will include several Complete and Green Streets elements to improve the corridor for people walking, biking, using transit and driving. These elements include:
- Sidewalks on both sides of the roadway
- A trail along southbound Osseo Road
- Pedestrian level lighting
- Green boulevards
- Trees, which will be planted by Hennepin County forestry after the project is complete
- Trail and sidewalk extensions to 47th and Vincent avenues
- Raised medians with pedestrian refuge between Victory Memorial Parkway and Penn Avenue intersection and at the 47th avenue intersection to help define the left turn lane at Victory Memorial Parkway and for additional pedestrian safety
- Rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs) at 47th Avenue to complement the proposed C-line bus rapid transit station and Queen Avenue to complement Minneapolis's recently completed Queen Avenue bike boulevard project.
- METRO D Line bus stops at 47th Avenue
Green Streets elements
The project will construct 20 green stormwater infrastructure facilities, which include a rain garden and 19 subsurface water quality basins. The vast majority of the subsurface water quality basins are located within green boulevards and will support the trees planted by Hennepin County forestry after the project is complete.
As part of our efforts, the project will see a total reduction in stormwater runoff of 9,500 cubic feet annually - thereby resulting in capture of over 1,500 lbs of sediment and 4.7 lbs of phosphorus, per year.
