Here is a picture of my summer project. Back on March 4, I started biking to work for the season and, just for fun, I decided to try biking every single block of every single street and highway in Eagan. My goal is to bike every road in Eagan that has a street sign (and is legal for bikes of course!) It is Eagan's 150th birthday this year and I thought it would be a good way to see all that this city of 64,000 has to offer - on two wheels, anyway.
This picture was taken a couple weeks ago, but I would guess that I am currently about 1/3 done. I have been taking Carrie, Sydney, and Keira on some of the rides around our house. The other "base" that I ride from is our day care center where I begin most of my rides to work. So far, I have biked a good chunk of the streets in a southeast to northwest swath across Eagan.
I actually have no idea how many miles I will have to bike in order to complete my quest. The City of Eagan web site states that the city maintains 236 linear miles of public streets (including 615 cul-de-sacs and dead-ends) but I'm not sure if this includes the many county roads and highways that we have criss-crossing the city. I am sure that I will have to ride most roads at least two or three times in order to catch all the cross streets and dead-ends around town.
I will post back later as I make progress and find interesting things. I have to say that Eagan is a very bike-friendly city with wide paved trails along many major roads and bike lanes along most streets. We have a great system of trails to get from one end of the city to another. Another thing that makes Eagan very interesting is the HILLS which offer great training!