The way points of this bicycle route:
(to visit famous artistic view at Olana, turn Right onto rt 9G South for a short ways to park entrance on left side - requires going up a hill to the view)
(food at interection of 23 with 9G + 23B just a little past the turn for Mt Merino Rd. [as of 2009])
(view over the Hudson River of the Athens-Hudson lighthouse)
(view over the Hudson river to the left) - (food options to right + left on Warren St)
(food [as of 2009])
(Amtrak train station ahead on right)
follow Bike Routes 5 + 9 onto sidewalk on west side of Broadway, then north on sidewalk up ramp, then west on Dunn Memorial Bridge over Hudson River. On other side of river, sidewalk turns north down to street.
On other side of river, sidewalk turns north, goes steeply down and ends at an intersection with streets where sidewalk users do not have right of way -- so a stop is required immediately at the bottom. Sign says that bicycles must be walked doe the ramp. [as of 2005]
(food options on Lark St)
Right - into Empire State Plaza
(can turn Right on Madison Av to join the route "Albany to Rip Van Winkle Bridge" to go down the west side of the river to Catskill and the Rip Van Winkle Bridge -- search for [bhvr8b] on Bikely)
(can turn Left on rt 32 South to join the route "Albany to Rip Van Winkle Bridge" to go down the west side of the river to Catskill and the Rip Van Winkle Bridge -- search for [bhvr8b] on Bikely)
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From the Rip Van Winkle bridge north thru Hudson and Kinderhook to the Dunn Memorial bridge at Albany, going on the east side of the Hudson River -- half of a loop around the two bridges. Mostly avoids higher-traffic roads. Map points tweaked for GPS navigation, but not tested. routeID = [bhvr8a]. More info, cue sheet directions, and connections with other routes on www.roberts-1.com/bikehudson - (search Bikely for [bhvr8b] + [bhva7c]). This route last checked by us in 2009.
Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Unsafe, Scenic, Touring
