The way points of this bicycle route:
continue straight north on Main St (Old Bethlehem Pike)
at traffic light, continue straight across route 309 onto route 378 North
soon turn Right : Old Bethlehem Pike
Right : Spring Valley Rd
Left : Reading Dr (to its end)
Left : Bingen Rd
at traffic light, go straight across
Right : Goodman Dr (to its end). It goes through Lehigh University athletic fields. If Goodman Dr is not usable because of an event, could instead continue north and turn Right on Seidersville Rd.
Left : Creek Rd
bear Right, becomes William St
(after going down short steep hill, and just before going underneath Interstate 78) turn Right on College Rd (to its end)
curve Left to go underneath Interstate 78
Left : Silvex, becomes Fire Lane (goes north along Monocacy Creek)
(just before end) turn Right across bridge
Left : Millside Dr
Left : route 412, Hellertown Rd (high traffic road)
Right : Shimersville Rd
Left across Lehigh River : Main St
. . . (There are shorter ways thru Freemansburg than this route, but they climb much steeper.)
Left : Washington St
Left : Cambria St (tricky intersection -- careful of traffic turning off main road)
bear Right onto East Market St
short steep downhill to end of street at traffic light in business center of city of Bethlehem
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Coopersburg through Saucon Valley around east side of South Mt to Bethlehem.
For more info + connections to other routes, see www.roberts-1.com/b/x/pb - routeID [BPhB8].
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 been tweaked but not tested for GPS navigation.
It connects from Phila to Beth sec 3 [BPhB7] or 3A [BPhB7A], and connects to Beth to Phila sec 1 [BPhB1].
Not checked by us since 2009.
Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Scenic, Touring
