Missouri High Priority Bike/Ped/ADA Projects

Hwy 78 simple ped connection over Blue River, Kansas City (04KCM0256)

Status:

City: Kansas City.    Route: Rt. 78/23rd Street    Location: On the Blue River Bridge of US 78/23rd Street in Kansas City (near Independence)

Type: Sidewalk

Description:
Remove fence and create a short ped connection between the existing sidewalk in the Blue River Hwy 78 bridge and an adjacent road shoulder. This will create a continuous route for pedestrians between the east and west sides of the Blue River in this area.

Importance:
23rd Street (US 78) through the Blue River Valley has a nice sidewalk all the way across a long viaduct. However once you reach the east side of the viaduct the sidewalk is fenced off and abruptly ends. Pedestrians in the area are forced to walk in a four lane road with no shoulders instead. This is not an extremely high-use pedestrian area but because 23rd Street connects residences and nearby commercial areas/job sites the route has daily pedestrian traffic. This is a very, very simple and inexpensive fix that will improve safety for these users. It will also help reduce criticism of MoDOT for spending a significant amount of money to build a sidewalk across a bridge that, up until now, has been completely unusable. You can see the bridge, sidewalk, & fence in this streetview link:

Obstacles:
None. This is a very inexpensive, simple project.

Scores
Need Potential Significance Cost Readiness Total
60 50 50 50 50 52.00

 

 

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Facility Type(s):
·Sidewalk

School:
·Bicycle
·Pedesrian
·ADA