Right onto Northwest Ash Drive, which becomes Southwest Cherry Street after crossing First Street and continues into Uptown Ankeny.Left onto Northwest Prairie Ridge Drive.They will enter the northwest side of Ankeny on Northwest Irvinedale Drive, coming from Polk City on Northwest 118th Avenue and Northwest 16th Street, which becomes Northwest Irvinedale Drive as it enters Ankeny. RAGBRAI riders departing Ames will make their way to Ankeny via Slater, Madrid and Polk City.

More: Ankeny's historic Uptown neighborhood sees surge of development as RAGBRAI heads to town What is the RAGBRAI route through Ankeny? It will be the first time Ankeny has been on the route since it served as an overnight town in 2000. It would be by far the largest single-day participation in RAGBRAI history. The city announced the route that an expected record number of riders will take through Ankeny on July 26, the fourth day of the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, when the 50th anniversary edition of the world's largest annual bicycle tour heads from Ames to Des Moines.Īnkeny is the midway meeting town for cyclists and support teams, and there will be parties in Uptown and The District at Prairie Trail for the crowd, which could reach an estimated 70,000 or more.

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