Minnetonka Boulevard - City of St. Louis Park

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Unique Light Fixtures
Street Lighting
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Commercial Dist. Lighting
Custom Signage
Landscaped Bus Shelter
Detail design thought has been developed for various key
intersections and right-of-way areas within the Minnetonka
Boulevard Corridor including plan design and suggested material
selections. Collectively, we refer to these as Streetscape Elements.
Prototypical designs have also been developed as actual plan layouts,
and are included in other sections of this study report. This section
deals with the actual physical choices of materials that would support
those plan design ideas.
To understand how materials and design can be thought about
for the Minnetonka Corridor, this study team has developed a set
of conclusions and guidelines that are the basis for how all design
direction should occur. These can be summarized as follows:
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• First and foremost, it has been established that Minnetonka
Boulevard should be considered as a “Scenic Corridor,” and not just
an east / west running roadway.
• Other road systems, including I - 394 and Highway 7,
are higher speed, commuter corridors that are different in scale and
character to Minnetonka Blvd. As a result, Minnetonka Blvd offers
the unique opportunity to be a true neighborhood and interlinking
community roadway that not only handles motorized vehicles, but
bicycles and pedestrians as well, at all levels of use. It is a vital link
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that operates at many levels of use.
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