Various planning documents, including Albemarle County’s Pantops Master Plan, Charlottesville’s Bike/Ped Master Plan, and the Rivanna River Area Plan, have called for a pedestrian/bike crossing of the Rivanna River in the vicinity of Riverview Park. This planned crossing would connect the Pantops region of Albemarle County (east side of the Rivanna River) with both the Woolen Mills area of Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville (both on west side of the Rivanna River). Today, the closest crossing is approximately 1.5 miles upriver at the US 250 Free Bridge. The Pantops area of Albemarle County is projected to grow in both residential and working population in the coming years, while a substantial economic development project is currently under construction at the Woolen Mills site. A Rivanna River crossing in this vicinity would join these economic growth areas, link existing Albemarle County employment centers (State Farm Operations Center and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital) to the City of Charlottesville, and connect recreational trail facilities (Rivanna Trail and Old Mills Trail) on both sides of the river. The Pantops Master Plan and the TJPDC Bike/Ped Plan also indicate future on-street bike facilities on Peter Jefferson Parkway and State Farm Boulevard.