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
• 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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