University Avenue is a street that runs through both Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

[1] When the construction of the Minnesota Transfer Railway yards blocked that route, the street was moved one-half mile to the south on the Saint Paul side, to what was then called Melrose Avenue.

Hubbard Broadcasting and its flagship stations, KSTP-AM-FM-TV, are on University at the border of Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

An antenna structure still stands there today, though it is used for microwave links rather than broadcasting (KSTP and most other Twin Cities stations use the Telefarm installation in Shoreview, Minnesota, or the nearby KMSP Tower).

History is now being repeated, as the METRO Green Line light rail connects the two downtowns as well as the University of Minnesota along a similar route.