City: Cape Girardeau . Route: MO State Highway 177 Location: Bertling to Old Rte. V
Type: Bicycle accommodations
Description:
Make improvements to MO State Highway 177 from end of City of Cape Girardeau maintenance at Bertling Ave. intersection to Old Route V intersection to facilitate safe bicycle traffic. This will extend the city?s planned improvements on Big Bend Road (SH177) to complete bicycle connections with Lexington Ave., East & West Cape Rock Drives. Improvements will include new shoulders with striped/stenciled/signed bicycle travel lanes
Importance:
[2.0 Miles.] MO State Highway 177 from Old Route V to Bertling Street. MO State Highway 177 enters the municipality of Cape Girardeau from the north and is named Big Bend Road in the city. This eventually turns into Main Street, which runs through the heart of downtown Cape Girardeau one block west of the Mississippi River where it connects with MO State Highways 74 & 34. The MRT follows MO 177 from Trail of Tears State Park and enters the city of Cape Girardeau at the intersection of Old Route V.