Hennepin Avenue

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Hennepin Avenue is a major street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, running from Lakewood Cemetery (at 36th Street) in Minneapolis' southwest Uptown district to the eastern boundary of the city via downtown. For sections south of the Mississippi River, Hennepin Avenue often follows stretches of an old indian trail from Saint Anthony Falls to Lake Calhoun.

In downtown Minneapolis only, Hennepin Avenue serves as the dividing line between whether a street that crosses it is termed "North" or "South" (for example, 7th Street is signed North 7th Street northwest of Hennepin and South 7th Street once it crosses Hennepin.) East of the river, Hennepin Avenue divides streets signed Northeast and Southeast. To the east of the Minneapolis city limits, the roadway becomes Larpenteur Avenue.

Hennepin Avenue is named after Father Louis Hennepin, a Roman Catholic priest and explorer of the interior of North America.