Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation

City: Ellington to Eminence.    Route: Hwy 106    Location: from town to town, especially hills

Type: Shoulder

Description:
Added shoulders for safety, about 27 miles between Ellington & Eminence on Hwy 109. As this route is on a national bicycle route with regular bicycle use, rumble strips should be omitted, especially on any shoulders less than 4 feet wide. If rumble strips are added to shoulders less than 4 feet wide the shoulder becomes unusable for bicycling. Shoulders even just 1 or 2 feet wide are quite valuable to bicyclists if they do not have a rumble strip.

Importance:
Many large trucks and trailers on narrow road put cyclists in danger-Because of steep terrain cyclists are sometimes not even in view until vehicles top the hill-Heavy loads and wide vehicles in both directions make slowing down and/or stopping for cyclists on roadway difficult. Scenic area visited by many. This is on the TransAmerica Trail, a national bicycle route that is used regularly by cross-country and cross-state touring bicyclists.

Obstacles:
no

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Facility Type(s):
·Shoulder

School:
·Bicycle
·Pedesrian