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I didn't know that he was going to post, But that post just above is the real deal--major Tom-
You'd be surprised sometime what you come up with when you have a senior moment, forget the doggoned URL, and Google for "Big Dam Bridge"...

As for the two sides of the trail, there's a real big difference in the Little Rock side and the North Little Rock side. Save for a two-mile stretch of trail from the I-430 bridge, and a new strip of pavement alongside Murray Park, the Little Rock side of the Rivertrail runs on city streets, and once you leave Riverfront drive, it throws you out into the middle of Cantrell Road/LaHarpe Boulevard, and on the wrong side of the traffic lane, to boot, if'n you happen to be west-bound. I don't ride over there all that often save recently for one of the Sunday groups, and I tend to be pretty cautious when I do.

There's a whole different culture over in North Little Rock's city guv'mint, with a lot more emphasis on doing things differently. I'm sure y'all will notice the difference when we come across the Broadway bridge ;-) On both side, the route is gently rolling for the most part, and what climbs there are aren't bad, and are fairly short. Now when you get out on Fortson Road or the Batesville Pike, it will make our friends from northwest and north central Arkansas feel a lot more at home ;-)

Oddly enough, the Tour de Cure is running here on Saturday, but heading south and out into the Grand Prairies, where it's flat as a flitter for the whole route and the "climb" means going over a 5-foot levee ;-)

Apologies for the intrusion, and I'll pull off now...

TE