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Weekend events

Heart of America Bridge bike/ped path – Friday Free bagels on the bridge 7:00-8:30 a.m. Ribbon cutting at 2:00 p.m., followed by first ride across the bridge and after party until 7:00pm at The Caddy Shack.  Details. Traffic Skills 101 … Continue reading

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Bagels on the bridge

In celebration of tomorrow’s opening of the Heart of America bike/ped path, the City’s BikeKC program will be giving away bagels on the bridge Friday morning 7:00-8:30 a.m. Everyone walking or bicycling across the bridge can get a free bagel … Continue reading

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Heart of America Bridge opening!

OK folks, the day many thought would never come is almost upon us and Kansas City will soon have a dedicate bike/ped path across the Missouri River. The Heart of America Bridge project is officially opening on Friday, October 1st! … Continue reading

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Road construction impacts 87th Street and HOA Bridge

Two road construction projects that will impact cyclists who use the Heart of America Bridge Downtown or 87th Street in South KC.

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Heart of America Bridge construction in progress

Progress as promised on the city’s first barrier-protected bike/ped crossing over the Missouri River…

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Trails KC scores $1.25 million

The new KCMO budget for 2010-2011 includes $1.25 million for Trails KC projects over the next year.  That’s not too shabby during such challenging budget times. We may see construction on the Van Brunt and Line Creek projects this year.  … Continue reading

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Heart of America Bridge Ground Breaking

This morning MoDOT and City officials held a ground-breaking ceremony for the new bike/ped path being added to the Heart of America Bridge.  There was a huge crowd of cyclists, including several who turned out for KCBike.Info’s ride from Midtown … Continue reading

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HOA ground-breaking ride

KCBike.Info is organizing a group ride to Wednesday’s ground-breaking ceremony for the Heart of America Bridge bike/ped project.  It will be five miles at an easy pace, mostly on the planned BikeKC routes. We’ll leave from Westport Road & Pennsylvania … Continue reading

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HOA Bridge animation and details

MoDOT’s YouTube channel has an animation of the new bike/ped lane planned for the Heart of America Bridge. Don’t forget the ground-breaking ceremony at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Watch this video on YouTube The details of the retrofit include… An … Continue reading

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HOA Bridge groundbreaking and start of construction!

Great news! Kansas City is taking a big step forward towards a safe crossing of the Missouri River.  Construction will soon start on MoDOT’s project to retrofit the Heart of America Bridge with a barrier-separated bicycle and pedestrian path by … Continue reading

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