The way points of this bicycle route:
start North on Grand Av - (go underneath the west end of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge) - (There is a sidewalk on the south side of this bridge with a great view down the river to the mountains, and it continues across the Hudson river to the city of Beacon, which has Metro North train station)
Left - Commonwealth Av
sharp Right - River Rd
half Left - Sloane Rd - (not the full left which is Bennett Rd)
Left - continue on Sloane Rd down to its end
Right - Albany Post Rd
Right - rt 9W North - (high-traffic high-speed, with good width of traffic lane + shoulder as of 2009)
(food options along rt 9W)
Left - Lattintown Rd - (starts with a climb that includes around 125 vertical feet with steepness around 7% grade)
Right - continue on Lattintown Rd north a long ways
(cross Plattekill Rd, continue on Lattintown Rd a long ways to a T-intersection)
Left - Old Indian Rd
Right - Lattintown Rd
Right - Mulberry Lane, to its end
Right - Milton Turnpike
Left - Peach Rd
variation: to avoid tricky traffic situations later on rt 9W, can try instead: Left on Mahoney Rd, Right on Orchard Rd to its end, Right on rt 44 North for 1.5-2 miles, sharp Right on Tillson Av to its end at traffic light, cross rt 9W onto Haviland Rd to rejoin main route (this variation not checked by us since 2004)
bear Right - Mahoney Rd
Left - Gabriety Rd
Left - Perkinsville Rd, to its end
Right - Chapel Hill Rd, to traffic light
Left - rt 9W North (high-speed high-traffic road, requires crossing high-traffic entrance-exit ramps for Mid-Hudson Bridge. (for a way to avoid this tricky traffic, earlier Variation earlier on this route back around Peach Rd + Mahoney Rd)
(various food options)
(pass by exit ramp to access Mid-Hudson Bridge)
(pass by entrance ramp coming from Mid-Hudson bridge)
Right (at traffic light) - Haviland Rd
Variation -- to take Mid-Hudson Bridge sidewalk across Hudson River to Poughkeepsie: instead continue Straight on Haviland Rd to its end, then go on sidewalk on north side of bridge. For more info + details + GPS track see www.roberts-1.com/bikehudson/r/r/mh_ww - [bhvr6w]
Left onto driveway to Walkway over the Hudson
Walkway over the Hudson [www.walkway.org] - east across the Hudson River to Poughkeepsie. (normally closed for all or part of night-time hours)
at end of Walkway, bear Right down asphalt path
Left onto Parker Av / rt 9G North - (public road with substantial motor traffic)
alternate -- to go north toward Rhinebeck: instead continue straight on Parker Ave / rt 9G North, using a different route: can search on Bikely for [bhva6c] or [bhvr6a].
soon Right on Garden St
first Right on Brookside Ave (later becomes Verrazano) to its end
Left on Davies Place
Right to go down under highway to train station
Poughkeepsie railroad station (train service by Metro North and Amtrak)
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from the Newburgh-Beacon bridge north on the west side of the river to the Walkway over the Hudson and Poughkeepsie near the train station. Mostly avoids higher-traffic roads. Goes by lots of fruit orchards, and some vineyards. Hilly. Labels on map points give detailed cue sheet directions (click on Show, then Cue Sheet). Not tested or tweaked for GPS navigation. routeID [bhva5c]. Connects with other routes on www.roberts-1.com/bikehudson, especially NYC to Albany stages - search on Bikely for [bhvr4b] + [bhva6c].
Last checked by us in 2009.
Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Smooth, Scenic, Touring
