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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Southern Tier Section 2: Road closure due to fire - 2013

« on: June 12, 2013, 10:41:32 am »

There is a fire in Silver City, New Mexico closing the route through the area. See this blog post for a suggested route around:

http://www.patricklyford.com/2013/06/bicycling-and-forest-firesnot-good-mix.html

Also, follow the fire on the InciWeb site:

http://www.inciweb.org/state/32/#

.Jennifer.

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Routes / Re: Cycling the Pacific Coast Highway this summer

« on: June 10, 2013, 06:35:00 am »

Hello James,

It looks like most of the California State Parks have been funded one way or another and will remain open:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/28/california-state-parks-closure_n_1635713.html

I hope this helps,
.Jennifer.

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Routes / Re: Want to ride Salt Lake City to Cedar City but can find no established route

« on: June 10, 2013, 06:27:26 am »

Have you looked at any of the resources from the Utah Department of Transportation page?

http://www.udot.utah.gov/main/f?p=100:pg:0:::1:T,V:11,

It looks like you might be able to put something together from that.

Best,
.Jennifer.

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General Discussion / Re: Southern Tier: El Paso - Las Cruces alternatives

« on: June 07, 2013, 08:33:36 am »

Good luck with your presentation! I looked at the maps you posted to your Facebook page. Do the dotted lines represent the roads you recommend for cyclists?

.Jennifer.

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / MOVED: Southern Tier: El Paso - Las Cruces alternatives

« on: June 07, 2013, 08:31:19 am »

This topic has been moved to General Discussion.

http://forums.adventurecycling.org/index.php?topic=11711.0

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Lewis & Clark, Section 1, Missouri - Katy Trail - 2013 spring flooding

« on: June 05, 2013, 11:10:21 am »

We've received a report that sections of the Katy Trail, which makes up the route on maps 1-8 of Lewis & Clark Section 1, are closed due to flooding.

The best resource for information is Missouri State Parks website: http://mostateparks.com/
Once there, scroll to the bottom to see Alerts and Advisories under the Things to Know heading on the right. From there, choose Katy Trail State Park from the drop down menu to see the most current report.

The report as of June 5 is here:

http://mostateparks.com/advisory/60601/flood-and-storm-damage-closures-katy-trail-state-park

Missouri Dept of Transportation has an interactive map showing the flooding conditions across the state: http://www.modot.org/

It is advisable to avoid Routes O and F around Fulton. They are narrow and carry a lot of traffic. If you must use them, 8am to 2 pm are probably the best hours, 3-5pm the worst.

You can use the resources from the Missouri Bike-Ped Program to help find detours as needed:

http://www.modot.org/othertransportation/bike_ped/Bike-PedProgram--RoadandRouteInfo.htm

.Jennifer.

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: UGRR Section 3, maps 35 & 36 - 2012

« on: June 04, 2013, 01:12:41 pm »

This bridge project is completed!

http://madisoncourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=961&ArticleID=77009&TM=56308.09

.Jennifer.

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: UGRR Section 3, maps 35 & 36 - 2013

« on: June 04, 2013, 01:08:26 pm »

This closure has been extended until the week of July 3rd:

http://madisoncourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=961&ArticleID=77027&TM=56308.09

.Jennifer.

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General Discussion / Re: North Nevada & Utah in summer

« on: June 04, 2013, 07:18:09 am »

Meanwhile, my planning brought me in the east side of Montana. I saw to go to Dickinson from Glendive there are some roads out the interstate 94. But I'll will travel with a road bike with thin tyres and I don't know if will be a good idea to cycling on unsealed roads. Is so dangerous to do a short piece of interstate 94? How is the traffic there?

On Section 3 of the Northern Tier route between Glendive and Dickinson, there are stretches on I-94. Where it's not, the route is on secondary, parallel roads. All roads are paved but can be rough in places. I think you'll be ok. Traffic will increase as you approach Dickinson.

Hope this helps.

.Jennifer.

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: TransAm, Section 8, Map 98 - 2013

« on: June 03, 2013, 01:21:20 pm »

Thanks for the follow up information, Bigger_Al.

Just a warning. 169 is a freeway. If you have good tires the dirt road just east of 169 is okay.

On Google Maps it looks like a two lane highway with shoulders though they appear to be a bit crumbling in places. Imagery is from 2008 so maybe something has change in that time. Thankfully it is only a four mile stretch whichever solution you opt for though.

.Jennifer.

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: TransAm, Section 8, Map 98 - 2013

« on: June 03, 2013, 06:45:06 am »

Unfortunately, I didn't find any information on the road closure (Elk Rd.) you encountered on the Kansas DOT site (http://511.ksdot.org/KanRoadPublic/Default.aspx) however, Neosho County road department suggested using US 169 which parallels Elk Rd. to get around that closure. I'm not sure if there is access to the Santa Fe Safari Campground via this routing or not.

Hope this helps those following Jana.

.Jennifer.

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: TransAm, section 9, map 105 (and maybe others....) - 2013

« on: June 03, 2013, 06:30:10 am »

Thanks for the heads up, Jana. Looks like there is flooding occurring across the state, too.

For those coming after Jana, check the Missouri DOT travel page for updates and specifics:

http://maps.modot.mo.gov/timi/

.Jennifer.

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Pacific Northwest / Re: Camping in St. Helens Oregon

« on: May 28, 2013, 08:35:46 am »

Thanks for posting information on the camping in St. Helens city park. I'll have it added to the addenda and on future map printings.

.Jennifer.

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Pacific Northwest / Re: route

« on: May 24, 2013, 06:33:32 am »

These two posts from earlier discussions should be helpful:

http://forums.adventurecycling.org/index.php?topic=9478.msg51521#msg51521

http://forums.adventurecycling.org/index.php?topic=3793.msg17998#msg17998

Hope this helps,
.Jennifer.

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: transamerica, section 10, map 124

« on: May 21, 2013, 07:47:16 am »

No worries, Jana! Keep posting here, I'll forward them on to Twitter.

Hope your trip has been great.

.Jennifer.