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A BIKE / PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS OF I-69 BLOOMINGTON, 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.
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A BIKE / PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS OF I-69 BLOOMINGTON, 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 WE deserve 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
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?
Discussion and Brainstorming • Multiple Planning Agencies • Consistency with Current Transportation Plans • Pitfalls / Alternatives • Where / how should BBC invest their efforts? • Next Steps?