Day 31

Bikeability Assessment

We abruptly ended our stay at the Rice's home today as we biked from Andover, MN to Silver Lake, MN. Our 65 mile journey along state and county roads took over 8 hours and was packed with severe thunderstorms flashing up all around us. We luckily avoided adverse weather like the 3 tornadoes and fist sized hail that many Minnesotans witnessed all day. Below is the bikeability assessment for our route today:

Anoka County Road 14 (Downtown Anoka, intersection with 3rd Av.)7:30 AM

1. 2
2. 3
3. 2
4. 3
5. Small 1 foot shoulder present

Hampton County Road 101 Southbound (11150 Hampton County Road 101) 10:45 AM

1. 3
2. 3
3. 2
4. 4
5. No sizable shoulder present

Hennepin County Road 10 (4890 Hennepin County Road 10) 11:45 AM

1. 4
2. 2
3. 2
4. 4
5. No sizable shoulder present

Wright County Road 17 Westbound (5576 Wright County Road) 1:15 PM

1. 4
2. 5
3. 4
4. 3
5. 6 foot wide shoulder present

Carver County Road 27 (intersection with Penn Av.) 2:15 PM

1. 4
2. 5
3. 4
4. 4
5. 8 foot wide shoulder present

MN Highway 25 Westbound (5120 Highway 25)4 PM

1. 4
2. 3
3. 2
4. 3
5. 2 foot shoulder present

MN Highway 7 Westbound (intersection with McLeod County Road 9) 5 PM

1. 3
2. 4 (score would improve if rumble strips on flat ground were not present)
3. 5
4. 4
5. 8 foot wide shoulder present