The new east-end bridge (Lewis and Clark Bridge) opened last month connecting IN-265 to I-265 across the Ohio River. It’s a toll bridge, but I managed to drive my car across last month before tolls started. More importantly, it has a bike/ped path along the side. I wanted to ride that.
Saturday’s weather was unseasonably warm with a slight chance of rain. It was really quite nice for January.
I met up with Tim for coffee before we rode out wandering through neighborhoods, to St Matthews, eventually winding our way through Indian Hills and to River Road. I struggled to keep up with him on (dead flat) River Road, forming a mini-paceline of two.
Crossing the river on the bridge gives a new perspective to Utica Indiana. I’m not use to seeing it from above.
The path ends at Old Salem Road. To the south, the road is closed. That will eventually connect to Utica. We went north to Waterline Road and took that back to Utica.
We got separated a bit after leaving Utica. We both know our way. When we did meet up again, we agreed that he’d go ahead. I was cooked. I think the fast stretch up River Rd did me in.
I rode back to Jeffersonville alone. I took my time and rode at my own pace. The Big Four pedestrian bridge was fairly busy due to the nice weather. I went slow and took pictures.
The Big Four Bridge has a nice view of the other new bridge – the Abraham Lincoln Bridge.
I rolled back into town and met Tim at the bike shop. We then went for coffee – then beer, yes, I cheated a little again.
After that I ran by his house, then home. My GPS lost some data, so my total distance was actually 41.6 miles. I don’t do that kind of distance much anymore.