Bicyclists to be first to ride on parkway past I-35W bridge

This article was in the Strib today:

"Organizers of the Minneapolis Bike Tour negotiated with the bridge's builders "so that they can use that chunk of road," Kevin Gutknecht, a Minnesota Department of Transportation spokesman, said Wednesday. That part of parkway, which has been closed since last year's bridge collapse, "won't be open then," he said."

The bridge collapse was really one of the most f'ed up things I have ever seen. I'll never forget standing on walking bridge and not seeing a single car on 35w and hearing the sounds neighborhoods on each end of the bridge.

That being said, this is great event, it's been cool to see the increase in the number of bikes on the road this summer.

-mikko