After almost 2 years of construction, Hennepin Avenue was re-opened today. The closure ripped up the entire street rebuilding it back with bike and bus lanes.

New bike lanes on Hennepin Avenue. The road had been closed for complete reconstruction.

Amid the long-running Hennepin Avenue reconstruction, residents added a dose of humor and gratitude by dressing Halloween skeletons in reflective vests and hard hats, mounting them on a front-yard tree with “Thank You Construction Crews!” signs. This improvised display along the busy corridor captures both the extended disruption of the project and the community’s appreciation for the workers transforming one of Minneapolis’s key thoroughfares.

The Lowry on Hennepin Avenue during a multi-year road construction project.

The long awaited connection to Lake Street on Nicollet Avenue is getting closer to being finished. For many years Nicollet Avenue was split apart by a K-Mart store. The store was closed and eventually burned while it sat vacant.

Hennepin Avenue road construction outside Namaste Cafe.

Nicollet Ave being reconnected after the K-Mart was demolished.

Road construction appears to be ongoing where Nicollet Ave will come through the former K-Mart property.

An old Ford pickup rolls down a under construction Hennepin Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis.

Ripped up Hennepin Avenue construction in Uptown Minneapolis.

A man wearing a Swoosh High shirt in Uptown Minneapolis. Hennepin Avenue has been under construction for quite some time as it's reconfigured.

Graffiti above Ragstock. An older couple walk down the under construction Lake Street.

Heavy road construction on Hennepin Avenue and Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis.

Flooded road construction on Hennepin Avenue in Uptown Minneapolis.

Traffic on Lake Street in Minneapolis on May 10, 2022.

The middle of the multi-year construction on Nicollet Mall.