Long and Spring Bike Lanes
Description
and Benefits:
Mayor
Michael B. Coleman’s vision for Columbus streets includes as many bicycle
accommodations as possible within the existing right-of-way. This project will
make enhancements to the bike lane and parking improvements installed on Long
Street and Spring Street in 2014, including:
- Bike lanes and sign installations on Long
Street between Neil Avenue and Hamilton Avenue and on Spring Street between
Marconi Boulevard and Hamilton Avenue
- A two-foot “door buffer zone” between parking
lane and bike lane
Two-stage, bike-turn queue boxes at the
following intersections:
-
Spring
Street and 3rd Street
- Spring
Street and Grant Avenue
- Spring
Street and Cleveland Avenue
- Spring
Street and Lester Drive
- Spring
Street and Elijah Pierce Avenue
Queue boxes will:
-
Offer
a safer alternative for bicyclists make left turns at multi-lane, signalized
intersections from the right (north) side of Spring Street
- Provide
a formal queuing space for bicyclists making a two-stage turn
- Reduce
turning conflicts between bicyclists and motorists
- Prevent
conflicts arising from bicyclists queuing in a bike lane or crosswalk
- Separate
turning bicyclists from through bicyclists
Schedule:
Construction is set to begin in August,
with completion scheduled for October 2015, weather permitting.
Estimated
Cost:
Construction: $425,700. This project also
includes bike lanes on Ohio and Champion avenues between Cole Street and Mount Vernon Avenue.
Contact
Information:
City of Columbus Construction Project
Manager:
Richie Dimmerling, P.E., tel. (614) 645-0446
Designer: OHM Advisors
Construction Contractor: Griffin Pavement
Striping, Inc.