A similar example of this is the North bound lane of Hennepin Avenue at Franklin Avenue. You should get in the far right turn lane prior to the Franklin intersection, to line up for the entrance to 94 East and 35W North. The importance of this is most evident at rush hour when the extra lane allows many more cars through the intersection per light cycle. It's not illegal and everyone seems to do fine with this.
I live in the area, and I am definitely not fine with this. The far right lane seem to implicitly be for traffic turning onto Franklin only. There are no painted lane markings to indicate that this lane continues forward on Hennepin. I am most chagrined with I drive up Hennepin and stay in the right through lane to get onto 94 and there are people coming through the Franklin intersection to the right of me. When people don't use their signals (and people don't), it is impossible to tell what they are going to do, either drive straight or turn right.
It would be nice to get some kind of official word on this. I don't think it's acceptable to use that part of the road as an ad-hoc through lane, others do. Which is it?
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Nathan Hunstad
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Minneapolis, MN
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