United States Numbered Bicycle Routes
- United States Numbered Bicycle Routes
- The United States Numbered Bicycle Routes is an integrated system of regional bicycle routes in the United States. It is the bicycle route equivalent to the system of United States Numbered Highways.
The system was established in 1982 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) for the purpose of "facilitat [ing] travel between the states over routes which have been identified as being more suitable than others for cycling." [AASHTO. [http://www.maine.gov/mdot/maines-transportation-systems/route-number-designations.php Route Number Designations] , via the [http://www.maine.gov/mdot Maine Department of Transportation] website. Retained June 30, 1982. Retrieved May 12, 2006.]
The system initially consisted of two routes, and still does to this day:
* U.S. Bicycle Route 1 runs from the state of North Carolina to Virginia.
* U.S. Bicycle Route 76 runs from the state of Illinois to Virginia.No substantial changes have been made to the system since 1982; but minor routing changes have been made in Virginia.
An AASHTO task force is studying further expansion of the system of U.S. Bicycle Routes. [ [http://www.transportation.org/sites/scote/docs/2004meeting/presentations/Moeur.pdf AASHTO Ad Hoc Task Force on U.S. Bicycle Routes (PDF)] . Retrieved May 12, 2006.] [ [http://www.transportation.org/sites/scote/docs/Moeur-US%20Bike%20Routes.pdf AASHTO Task Force on Numbered Bicycle Routes (PDF)] . Retrieved January 27, 2007.]
External links
* [http://www.adventurecycling.org/usbrs/ US Bike Routes Task Force webpage (Adventure Cycling Association)]
References
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