Missouri Bicycle News

A Pitch Weekly article details a new bicycle bridge across the Kaw River in Kansas City, Kansas, part of the Riverfront Heritage Trail. The article goes on to detail some of the difficulties the Riverfront Heritage Trail folks have encountered:

Those who have cycled the eastern end of the trail, which meanders from the Isle of Capri Casino through Berkley Park, know that it ends in disappointment -- at the Armour-Swift-Burlington (ASB) railroad bridge, which prevents picking up the next section of trail below the River Market area. There's another gap farther west, which orphans a small bluffside park that recently opened.

Trotter explains that those two final steps completing the trail -- creating an undercrossing at the ASB rail bridge and building another span to connect the bluff park with the West Bottoms below -- are awaiting funding.

The price tag: $5.5 million.

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News: Group sues over Katy Bridge at Boonville giveaway

News: Casino gives $2 million to KC's Riverfront Heritage Trail

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