Minneapolis "Street Circuit"

Kinja'd!!! by "Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)" (NKlein)
Published 06/30/2017 at 21:34

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I was bored this afternoon, so I designed a street circuit! Roughly 100ft of elevation change throughout the circuit. My only concern would be the Washington Ave Bridge (bridge between mile markers 1 and 2) as it is no longer 4 lanes. Thoughts?

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Kinja'd!!! "tromoly" (tromoly)
06/30/2017 at 21:49, STARS: 0

Enjoy spending $6 million just to assemble the track, street circuits are expensive.

Kinja'd!!! "LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii)
06/30/2017 at 22:46, STARS: 0

I made a local Nurburgring

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/38.0267644,-84.9442536/38.0112995,-85.0002432/38.0728005,-84.9808072/38.0266356,-84.9442182/@38.0379419,-85.0018313,13.61z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0!5m1!1e4

Kinja'd!!! "LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii)
06/30/2017 at 22:53, STARS: 0

and a local city track

  https://www.google.com/maps/dir/38.2424325,-85.7004365/38.2393596,-85.703921/38.2424513,-85.7003638/@38.2385241,-85.7025516,15.66z/data=!4m25!4m24!1m0!1m20!3m4!1m2!1d-85.7030876!2d38.238021!3s0x88690cb52841ad7b:0x207a6ecbdf738dc!3m4!1m2!1d-85.7033298!2d38.2362582!3s0x88690cb51aa9bc67:0x94aa0d99ab870a9a!3m4!1m2!1d-85.6949192!2d38.2349588!3s0x88690cad780b6a19:0x8b91e43e93710361!3m4!1m2!1d-85.6919925!2d38.2387123!3s0x88697353305b267d:0x81751ffa5b8195a2!1m0!3e0!5m1!1e4

Kinja'd!!! "Biggus Dickus (RevsBro)" (NKlein)
06/30/2017 at 23:09, STARS: 0

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Kinja'd!!! "gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
06/30/2017 at 23:09, STARS: 1

I don’t think I’d be too concerned about only three lanes (I’m guessing). That’s still enough to be be two wide without risking contact.

I drove through that part of Minneapolis this January. Spent the night in the Niva at a Walmart on the way down to the Retreat from Moscow. I’d fully support a street course there. I also like the bridge aspect. I’m not sure there are too many other street courses that cross such a major river. But that would elicit a bit of concern with local authorities, I think, dealing with traffic and detours from having two bridges out of commission. I also like that the route crosses under itself a bunch. It would be some pretty good spectating at the crossings.