The way points of this bicycle route:
South on Main St down hill
curve Right then Left then Right down hill
at bottom of hill, turn Left on Main St (south toward the Lehigh River)
(before crossing railroad tracks) turn Right on Lehigh St
Right : 13th Ave
Left : Elliot Av
Left : Market St
Left : Center Blvd
becomes River Dr, continue to end
Right : Carlisle St
Left : Walnut St (down) - (to its end)
Right : Albert St (go underneath Hamilton St, then curve right and climb up to meet the north side of Hamilton St)
Dangerous intersection: Just before end of street, I got off my bike and walked Left on sidewalk of Hamilton St a very short ways (going west) to the traffic light.
Right : Hamilton St -- Usually there is high traffic on Hamilton St, so I usally take the sidewalk on the north side to go west alongside Hamilton St onto bridge over Lehigh River
sidewalk gets very narrow for a short section
bridge over Lehigh River has a sidewalk on its north side
at end of sidewalk of bridge over Lehigh River, continue Straight on Hamilton St
Left (at traffic light) : 2nd St and continue to its end
Right : Union St
Left at fork before "Parkettes" : Martin Luther King Jr Drive
continue under high bridge
and under another high bridge
Left across narrow bridge : Lehigh Parkway East
Left to stay on Lehigh Parkway East, climb up hill, then down hill to end
at intersection with Jefferson St, turn full Right and go down hill into the park
just after crossing creek, turn Left to ride south along creek, then climbs up hill, continue to end
. . . (option to bear Left just before end of road to ride over bumpy wooden covered bridge)
Left : Oxford Dr or 24th St
Right : Fish Hatchery Rd
underneath Interstate 78
Left (just after crossing creek and before climbing hill) : Keystone Rd
open grate steel bridge: I got off my bike and walked across it. This kind of bridge is especially dangerous slippery if it's wet.
climb steep then moderate, cross Country Club Rd, curve right + left
Right : Ridge St (to its end)
Left : 6th St
food - convenience store
Right : Broad St, later becomes Pennsylvania Ave
curve Left to continue south to Vera Cruz
Right : Main Road West
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Bethlehem thru Allentown to Emmaus + Vera Cruz. For more info + connections to other routes, see www.roberts-1.com/b/x/pb. This route is one stage of a loop connecting Philadelphia + Bethlehem -- search Bikely on [BPhB]. Labels on points form a detailed cue sheet (click on Show, select Cue Sheet). Points have not been tweaked or tested for GPS navigation. This stage has routeID [BPhB1]. It connects from Philadelphia to Bethlehem sec 4 [BPhB8], and connects to route Bethlehem to Philadelphia sec 2 [BPhB2]. Not checked by us since 2009.
Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Scenic, Touring
