I-35W & 98th Street is a

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station on the

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Orange Line at 98th Street adjacent to Interstate 35W in

Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington is a suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, on the north bank of the Minnesota River, above its confluence with the Mississippi River, south of downtown Minneapolis. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 89,987, ma ...

. The station is integrated with the South Bloomington Transit Center, a transfer hub and

park and ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuting, commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, Rail t ...

facility opened in 2004. The transit center was as far south as Route 535, predecessor to the Orange Line, traveled, with no direct connection to the other side of the

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. The station opened December 4, 2021 with the rest of the Orange Line. The parcels surrounding the station are being planned for a mix of

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Bus connections

18, 465, 534, 539, 546, 547

References

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