Varying stretches of 26th Avenue North have been closed off due to construction as of late, and that closure has forced drivers and bikers to find alternate routes to cross this section of north Minneapolis. Unfortunately, due to some very poor urban planning, those alternatives don't exist. In between Emerson and Penn, there are no consistent thoroughfares to get people around the neighborhood. Drivers either are forced onto Broadway or Lowry, or they wind up wandering through the convoluted side streets, likely breaking a few traffic laws along the way.
I tried to traverse the area by going a block north of 26th, only to find...
