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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