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KS Bicyclist from Manhattan on 8/31/2010 1:45:45 AM:
Has anyone crossed the US 63 bridge at Jeff City to get to/from the Katy Trail since they started working on the bridge this summer? Is bicycling across the bridge still an option?
 
Kurt from St. Charles on 8/31/2010 8:06:26 PM:
I'd like to know this too!
 
Anonymous on 9/1/2010 1:10:05 PM:
I posted this question on the 'Home' page too. Several people responded.
 
Mel from JC on 9/3/2010 11:54:29 PM:
There is only a bikeable shoulder on the northbound bridge. It is completely closed for
construction of the new bike ped bridge. To cross the river now, you must ride with traffic.
Northbound is slowed to 45 mph through the work zone, but lanes are narrow. It is probably
doable during non-peak hours. The work zone is not that long and then you can use the
shoulder the rest of the way, but there is no way back. Southbound has no shoulders and
60mph. Construction will be finished next spring. You can watch a live video of the work at -
http://www.modot.mo.gov/central/real_time_traffic/index.htm
 
Anonymous on 9/9/2010 1:54:08 AM:
We ended up parking at the long term commuter parking lot off of
Airport Rd & bicycled over to the Jeff City trail head to start our trip on the Katy Trail instead of trying to ride over the Jeff City bridge. Jeff City is not a bicycle-friendly city. The bridge will be nice when it is finished.
 
Chuck L from Jefferson City on 9/14/2010 5:26:20 AM:
Mel's comments are well taken and I would agree that biking over the bridge is a risky proposition unless the traffic is really scarce. It is not that way at most hours of the day and remember you have to return sometime. For my money, I would not do it. I do claim to be the last guy to ride across the bridge before the lane closure occurred. I had gone up expressly to ride the bridge and had to ride past some "bike lane closed" signs but made it over and back just minutes before they began putting up cones and barriers.
The new bike lane bridge addition will be a real asset to the city and protect riders and hikers. As to whether it should cost $6.7 million, it seems pretty expensive to me. Why do we need a steel ramp/tower to climb up to the bridge? Why not access the bridge from Airport Rd via a protected bike lane? Guess I'm too dense to understand this one.
 
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