MN&S Spur

Today's MN&S Spur was originally built starting in 1908 as part of the Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company, more commonly known as the Dan Patch Line.

TC&W has trackage rights over the MN&S Spur and purchased the bridge in order to protect what they feel may become a valuable shipping route in the future.

[4] The MN&S Spur has junctions with four rail lines among three railroad companies: The Canadian Pacific's Paynesville Subdivision in Crystal, the Union Pacific Railroad's Golden Valley Industrial Lead in Golden Valley, CP's Bass Lake Spur in St. Louis Park, and Progressive Rail's Dan Patch Line in Bloomington.

[3][5] In 2010, Hennepin County and the Metropolitan Council planned to build the Southwest Corridor light rail line along the Kenilworth Trail alignment being used by the Bass Lake Spur, so the MN&S interchange project was being reexamined.

It led to the southern end of Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis where MN&S interurban passengers could board streetcars operated by the Twin City Rapid Transit Company and continue into downtown.