(Adair Co) The Adair County Sheriff’s Office has released information on possible traffic impacts as RAGBRAI passes through Adair County on Tuesday, July 23rd.
Bikers will be leaving from Atlantic on the morning of Tuesday, July 23rd and ending the day in Winterset. The official route will take them on State Highway 92 from south of Cumberland all the way to Greenfield. When they leave Greenfield, they will travel south on State Highway 25 to Orient and then east of Orient on 310th Street until they exit Adair County west of Macksburg.
The Sheriff’s Office has released maps of the specific routes through Greenfield and Orient, where they will detour off of the highways and make a pass through the center of each town. You can view those maps on the Adair County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page; they are also posted down below.
Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater encourages anyone who can, to avoid driving on or intersecting with the RAGBRAI route if possible. If you find yourself on the route, or intersecting with the route, expect delays. However, the delays shouldn’t be terrible.
“Should you find yourself attempting to travel east on State Highway 92 or southbound from Greenfield on State Highway 25, be very, very patient and expect potentially mind-numbing delays during the busiest of times. Your ability to safely pass large groups of bikers traveling approximately ten miles per hour will be limited,” said Vandewater. “If you are traveling westbound on State Highway 92 or 310th Street or northbound on State Highway 25, please consider reducing your speed, strictly avoid any distractions and remain vigilant when operating around bikers. There is almost no margin of error when it comes to bike traffic versus a motor vehicle. Any type of collision between a bicycle and a motor vehicle could prove fatal, with mere inches possibly making the difference.”
Vandewater added, “I believe local citizens who know the roads will easily find an alternate route. I am concerned about commercial traffic who may be from out of the area and may be unaware that RAGBRAI is even passing through on their “regular” route.”
