CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)  – More than 100 cyclists are pedaling their way to Atlanta over the course of three days as a part of the inaugural ride of the U.S. Bike Route 21.

The U.S. Bicycle Route System has expanded, and area residents are taking the first group ride from Chattanooga to Atlanta this weekend. 

Minnesota is about to get its second U.S. Bicycle Route. The Minnesota Department of Transportation is finalizing U.S. Bicycle Route 41, which will use existing roads and trails to create a bike-friendly path connecting St. Paul to Grand Portage.

BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO — An effort is underway to mark area bike trails in a similar way that interstate and state routes are identified.

USBR 35 is a way to see, border-to-border, from a bicycle seat, the amazing spectrum of Michigan. 
 

Columbia County Supervisor Kirk Konkel of Portage didn’t say “no” to county endorsement of an interstate bike route that would include the Lodi area, but he expressed plenty of reservations.

If anyone today points a bicycle north from downtown St. Paul, and then pedals a series of streets, bike paths and highways to the Canadian border at the Arrowhead, he or she would tell you they just rode 300 pretty amazing miles from the State Capitol to Grand Portage.

SANDPOINT - U.S. Bicycle Route 10 has been realigned through Sandpoint following approval from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) earlier this month.

Missoula, Montana, June 9, 2016 — Adventure Cycling Association and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) today announced that AASHTO has approved 194 miles of new U.S. Bicycle Routes (USBRs) in four states. 

Cyclists spend more money than motorized tourists.

PITTSFIELD — Transportation planners are asking eight Berkshire communities to become involved in a nationally advertised, interstate bicycle route extending from Long Island Sound to Montreal.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Long-distance cyclists may soon be directed to bike through the Berkshires.

The American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials are developing a massive highway system designation throughout the country for long-distance bicyclists to map out routes. What is eyed as US Bicycle Route 7 would connect Connecticut with Vermont through the Berkshires.

On September 24, 2015, Arizona became part of the United States Cycling Route System, an interstate network of designated cycling routes spanning 11,424 miles of roadway in 23 states and the District of Columbia.

It’s a special kind of person who considers several days of long-distance bicycling a vacation. So, the Arizona Department of Transportation designated a cross-state bicycle route that would make the vacations for special people, like Heitz and her friends, much more enjoyable.

Riding a bicycle from Oldtown to Clark Fork is now a reality following a ribbon cutting to kick off U.S. Bike Route 10 Friday afternoon.

The Nickle Plate Trail, along with dozens of miles of roads in Howard and Tipton counties, has been designated to be part of a national bike route that runs from Canada to Kentucky.

A national bicycling organization has designated a new trail starting from Pownal and continuing north to Canada as the first U.S. Bicycle Route in Vermont.

...and Virginia. No other routes appeared until 2011, when the dormant U.S. Bicycle Route system was revived by the American Association of State...