PART #1 ALTON, IL TO MACHENS, MO

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1 The TransAm Eastern Express - Westbound Map Set #18A Alton, IL to Augusta, MO (via Clark Bridge) 52.0 Miles / Cumulative Climbing: 780 PART #1 ALTON, IL TO MACHENS, MO CYCLING NARRATIVE: 0.0 Leaving Alton from the intersection of Bridge St. and Broadway, ride south 1 block on Bridge St. and T/L onto the bike path on the south side of Landmarks Blvd., then 0.3 T/R onto the Clark Bridge/US 67 and cross the Mississippi River (the bridge has a good bike lane) 1.4 ENTER MISSOURI At the west end of the bridge, continue riding on the shoulder of US 67 for another 1.9 miles, to St. Charles Street You should ignore any green & white bike route signs in this area, because the bike path has been closed since late 2017, and is not maintained 3.1 T/R onto St. Charles Street 3.7 T/R onto SR 94 W. 4.4 T/L onto Saale Road 6.4 T/R onto Feltes Road 7.1 T/L onto SR 94 W., go about ¼ mile, then B/L onto Dwiggins Road where SR 94 turns to the right 10.6 T/L onto SR T/L onto Machens Road 11.9 T/L immediately after crossing RR tracks in Machens, then 12.0 T/R onto the Trail (unpaved) MACHENS ALTON DWIGGINS ROAD SAALE ROAD CLARK BRIDGE ST. CHARLES STREET SR 94 Frank Moritz Updated 8/16/2018 Maps & Profiles Ride with GPS

2 EASTBOUND ROUTE FOR CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE EASTBOUND RIDERS CANNOT SIMPLY FOLLOW THE ROUTE S WESTBOUND DIRECTIONS OR GPX FILES IN REVERSE FOR THIS SEGMENT. -- USE THE STEPS DETAILED HERE FOR A SAFE & LEGAL RIDE ACROSS THE RIVER. SAALE ROAD 5. T/L ONTO RIDGE STREET, WHICH BECOMES DISCOVERY PARKWAY. -- CROSS UNDER CLARK BRIDGE AND B/R ONTO THE CONFLUENCE 4. AT THE END OF THE BRIDGE, T/L ON THE PEDESTRIAN CROSS- WALK AND RIDE ONTO THE BIKE PATH ALONG LANDMARKS BLVD. 1. AFTER TURNING ONTO SR 94, FOLLOW IT ALL THE WAY TO US HWY CLARK BRIDGE HAS A WIDE SHOULDER & NO RUMBLE STRIPS CONFLUENCE SR 94 US HWY. 67 CONVENIENCE STORES 2. T/L ONTO EASTBOUND U.S. HWY. 67 (2.5 MILES OF LARGE RUMBLE STRIPS, BUT ADEQUATE SHOULDER)

3 12.0 Continue on the Trail You will pass several trailheads between here and St. Charles Maintenance Note: When traveling in wet weather, your bike s wheels will spray a mineral coating from the Trail s limestone surface onto your frame and drivetrain, which will harden into a white film if you don t clean your bike thoroughly at the end of the day s ride Enter St. Charles, as the trail passes under the SR 370 bridge 24.2 Trail enters Frontier Park on the Saint Charles riverfront All services are within several blocks on the right for the next ½ mile. PART #2 MACHENS TO ST. CHARLES, MO MISSOURI RIVER The online file for this day s ride is at: FRONTIER PARK

4 PART #3 ST. CHARLES DETAIL MAP PELOTON CYCLERY KIM s LAUNDROMAT BEST WESTERN PLUS HOSPITAL I - 70 BIKE STOP CAFE FRONTIER PARK COMFORT SUITES COUNTRY INN & SUITES

5 25.0 Continue on the trail through St. Charles 25.2 Trail crosses under the I-70 bridge and leaves St. Charles 38.0 Bike trail on right goes to the Missouri research park in Weldon Spring, which is 7 miles away 41.8 Weldon Spring Trailhead (5 miles N. to services via SR 94) I - 70 WELDON SPRING PART #4 ST. CHARLES TO WELDON SPRING, MO

6 PART #5 WELDON SPRING TO AUGUSTA, MO Continue on the Trail 44.7 Town of Defiance Trail crosses Darst Bottom Road 46.4 Town of Matson 48.6 Klondike Trailhead Access to Klondike Park Campground from here, via bike path along SR Town of Augusta

7 SERVICE DIRECTORY FOR MAP SET # ST. CHARLES, MO [All Services] Bike Stop Café ( ), 701 S Riverside Drive. coffee, sandwiches, & bike service. Peloton Cyclery ( ), 3139 W Clay Street. Country Inn & Suites ( ), 1190 S. Main Street. Comfort Suites ( ), 1400 South 5 th Street. Best Western Plus - Charles Hotel ( ), 1425 South 5 th Street. Lots of B&B s in old town St. Charles, just west of the trail along Frontier Park. Kim s Laundromat ( ), 415 North 5 th Street. Lots of restaurants along Main Street, off-route 1 block west of the trail in old town DEFIANCE, MO -- Bike Rental ( ), 2998 Missouri Ave./SR Defiance Roadhouse ( ), 2999 Missouri Ave./SR 94. Restaurant. Trail Smokehouse ( ), 2886 South SR 94. Food, wine and live music. The Inn at Defiance ( ), 125 Defiance Road. Elysian Fields B&B ( ), 2891 Missouri Ave./SR MATSON, MO -- [No Services] 52.5 AUGUSTA, MO [A small town with more restaurants and B&B s than you can count] Klondike County Park Campground (Parks Dept.: ), 4600 Highway 94 South, 3 miles east of Augusta on SR 94. Westbound riders exit the trail at Klondike Trailhead and ride west on a bike path along SR 94. The park has cabins, showers, 41 campsites. Reservations at Johann s of Augusta ( ), 225 Jackson Street. Convenience store. Rebecca s Café & Desserts ( ), 5501 Locust Street. Augusta Brewing Co. ( ), 5521 Water Street. Augusta Wine Country Inn B&B ( ) th Street. Lindenhof B&B ( ) Walnut Street. Ashley Rose Restaurant & Inn ( ), 5567 Walnut Street. Library Internet St. Charles City-County Library 198 Jackson Street Augusta, MO US Post Office Augusta, MO 237 Ferry Street Week Days 08:00AM NOON Saturday 08:00AM 09:00AM St. Joseph Health Center 300 First Capitol Drive St. Charles, MO (3 blocks W. of Frontier Park)