The way points of this bicycle route:
nearby is the GWB bus terminal and the 181st St subway station for the A train. Get a copy of the New York City Cycling Map for bike routes.
use the south sidewalk to cross the George Washington Bridge. This sidewalk is normally closed late night / early morning [as of October 2008]
city of Fort Lee has few bike lanes but many sidewalks. Unless traffic volume is low, often it is simpler and safer to use the sidewalks.
continue straight on sidewalk through Park. If bicycling is not permitted in Park [as of October 2008], then please walk.
continue straight on paved path
alternative to consider might be to turn Right onto Edgewater Ave and take that up and over a steep hill to Hendricks Causeway.
turn Right onto sidewalk along east side of busy Broad Ave.
could be tricky traffic for crossing onto Hendricks Causeway. If in doubt, do it walking. Another alternative to consider might be to cross Broad Ave onto Edgewater Ave, then where it ends, walk across the railroad tracks.
the next bridge over the Hackensack River has open metal grate in the roadway, so it's normally safer to use the sidewalk on its north side, which is often dirty but usually ridable [as of October 2008]
complicated intersection: two-lane roundabout / traffic circle -- but it does have traffic lights. If not sure how to handle it riding, then do it walking.
enter pretty Branch Brook Park. Lots of cherry trees blooming in springtime. Turn Right to ride on paved car road through Park.
city of Newark has few bike lanes but many sidewalks. Unless traffic volume is low, often it is simpler and safer to use the sidewalks.
immediately after traffic light, turn Left following sign for route 280 East, then at next street turn Right - (do not get onto route 280)
here are NJ Transit + Amtrak + PATH train and bus stations.
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
from New York City out to Newark NJ by human muscle power the whole way. This route map is intended to be used together with the more detailed description at www.roberts-1.com/b/u/nj/newarkgwb/ Most longer routes across New Jersey avoid riding this stage, and instead recommend taking the train between NYC and Newark. But the traffic interaction on this route is not worse than some of other roads on tours across NJ -- and some it is more interesting (and some prettier) than many other NJ touring stages. [Last I checked this route was 2008]
Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, High traffic, Urban, Touring
