The addition of light-rail transit to the Hiawatha corridor in 2004 reduced the west-side trail between East 28th Street and East 32nd Street to the width of a regular city sidewalk, which resulted in a half-mile (0.8 km) “gap.” In 2019, the city constructed a multi-use path on the east side of Hiawatha Avenue from the Midtown Greenway at East 28th Street to East 32nd Street, providing users with a wide, multi-use pathway throughout Hiawatha corridor in south Minneapolis, closing the gap that had existed from 2004 to 2019.