Originally Posted by BigAlMN
I am duly impressed; SW Mpls to 3M area. That is quite a route but then you have the Greenway etc. correct?
I am coming up from Burnsville, so the first obstacle is 35W - bikes are not allowed of course. ;(
and going into Bloomington Towers area. So there are plenty of back streets across Bloomington; but that will be more prone to conflicts with the early morning commuters that back-out of the driveway never looking for traffic. Hence the question about bike routes and streets.
I concede that I will need to transport my bike from Burnsville to a parking spot on the north side of the river and then ride from that point to work. That would give me about an 8 mile commute; not too bad for an old fart.
I'm not familiar with the Bloomington Towers area... but there is a way to stay on your bike and get over the river by going east on BlackDog road. You can actually get across right next to 77 and the route isn't tough. I actually just checked it out last weekend... unfortunately, I was riding at night and my lights went out so my trip pretty much ended right across the river. I'm hoping to take that route to the MOA on Sunday.