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A BIKE / PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS OF I-69BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
(Bike/Ped Overpass of Natchez Trace, Jackson, Mississippi)
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA“Bicycle Heaven of Indiana”
• Little 500
• Hilly Hundred
• Mountain Biking at Brown County State Park
• Striving to be Platinum • Sustainability
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
WEdeserve
a bike / pedestrian bridge
over I-69
I-69 Indianapolis to Evansville
● Officially proposed in 1990
● >10 years - Bike/ped bridge considered
● 10 years - BBC has studied and advocated a bike/ped bridge
NOW
• I-69, Section 5 – such a history of controversy
• We are all moving on with I-69
HOW I-69 WILL AFFECT ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION
• Closing of county roads, and limited overpasses
• Dangerous interchanges
• Addition of access roads to interchanges
• Addition of bike facilities
• Vernal Pike Overpass planned with Bike Facilities to link B-Line with northern section of Karst Farm Greenway
• 3rd St / SR 48 interchange enhanced to include bike facility on north side
• BBC’s view – dangerous and won’t be used
• INDOT had offered to accommodate a bike / ped bridge.
BLOOMINGTON BICYCLE CLUB
• COMMITTED TO CONTRIBUTING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF FUNDING TO JUMPSTART THE BUILDING OF THIS BIKE / PED BRIDGE
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA
WHY DOES THE “WESTSIDE”
NEED
A BIKE / PED BRIDGE OVER I-69?
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Discussion and Brainstorming
• Multiple Planning Agencies• Consistency with Current
Transportation Plans• Pitfalls / Alternatives• Where / how should BBC
invest their efforts?• Next Steps?
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