Freeways with Bike Trails...

[thenetwork]

Just reminiscing on my college days, when I used to travel regularly between Toledo and Detroit to see family.

Much of the time, I would use I-275 to get to the west side of Detroit. One of the most interesting traits about I-275 was that it had the distinction of being the only interstate highway that had a bike path running along side of it -- not just part of it, but the whole length of the freeway from Monroe to Novi, MI.

When the freeway was completed in the late 70s, the I-275 Metro Trail began at the intersection of I-75 and Post Road, just south of the I-275 interchange and ended at Meadowbrook Road, located along I-96 just west of the I-96/I-275/I-696 interchange.  With brief turn-offs from I-275 near the intersections of I-94 and M-14, The 44-Mile bike path was mostly within the I-275 ROW just west of the interstate.  And much like an interstate, the bike path did not necessarily provide access at all cross-streets -- just like the interstate, the trail would "exit" at certain roads -- however there were several additional access points (official or not) that freeway traffic did not have access to.

Much of the I-275 Metro remains, although the majority of the southernmost part of the trail in Monroe County fell into disrepair in the late 90s and was abandoned.


Are there any other freeways which offer separate bike paths along them?  I know there is a shorter stretch of a bike path built along I-480 on the west side of Cleveland between Exit 3 & Exit 6.

[roadman65]

Suncoast Parkway in Florida has a bike trail following it.  If you go from Van Dyke Road near Tampa to US 98 near Brooksville you have a good 50 miles of trail.

[dgolub]

New York has a batch of them.  On Long Island, the Wantagh Parkway and the Bethpage Parkway have parallel bikeways.  In New York City, NY 9A and portions of the Cross Island Parkway and the Belt Parkway have parallel greenways.  In Westchester, the Bronx Parkway has a parallel pathway.  (Yes, they use different terminology--bikeway vs. greenway vs. pathway--in the different regions.)

[oscar]

I-66 in Arlington VA has two separate bike trails along different freeway segments (one along the eastbound lanes east of exit 69, and the other along the westbound lanes from west of exit 71 to at least exit 72). 

Northeast of Anchorage AK, the Glenn Highway freeway (AK-1/Interstate A1) has a short stretch with a bike lane along the northbound lanes.  I think that is the part of the freeway where the old highway was obliterated by the freeway, and there is no alternate non-freeway road for bicyclists to use. 

[cpzilliacus]

Md. 200 (ICC) has a decent bike/pedestrian trail along some sections, but not others, including a huge gap between Md. 650 and U.S. 29.

I-66 between U.S. 29 at East Falls Church (Arlington County) and U.S. 29 at Rosslyn (also Arlington County) has a heavily used system of trails that runs along it.  The trail continues (first as part of the Mount Vernon Trail) and then back parallel to I-66 across the T. Roosevelt Bridge into D.C.

I-95 between U.S. 1 (Richmond Highway) south of Alexandria and Md. 210 (Oxon Hill Road) has a trail alongside or nearby that was built as part of the Wilson Bridge reconstruction.

I-395 near the Virginia approach to the 14th Street Bridge and the Jefferson Memorial in D.C. has a trail alongside.

Not quite a freeway (functional class expressway), Va. 286 (f/k/a 7100), the Fairfax County Parkway, has a trail along most of its length.  To the south, Va. 294 (f/k/a 3000), the Prince William Parkway also has a trail most of the way.

The eastern part of ADHS Corridor H, U.S. 48 between Wardensville, W.Va. and Bismarck, W.Va. is signed that bikes may use its shoulders (like Va. 286 and most ADHS corridors in West Virginia, it is not quite a freeway - there are some driveways and at-grade intersections)

[bulldog1979]

Part of M-6 south of Grand Rapids has a dedicated bike trail, the Frederik Meijer Trail.

[jp the roadgeek]

The Charter Oak Greenway runs parallel to I-384 for most of its length.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

A 9-10 mile segment of CA-1 between Del Monte Avenue in Marina and Del Monte Boulevard in Monterey has the Monterey Bay Recreational Trail running parallel to it.

[NE2]

http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/REGION1/pages/i205_mup/index.aspx

The George Washington Bridge.

Here in Florida, SR 404 (Pineda Causeway) recently got bike lanes: http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=A9&Dato=20130801&Kategori=NEWS01&Lopenr=308010069&Ref=PH

There are of course many rural freeways that allow bikes on the shoulders. The easternmost Interstate might be I-79 over the Ohio.

[Beeper1]

I-291 in CT has a bike path along its ROW from the west end of the Bissell Bridge to near US-5.

MA-146 has a section of bikeway paralell to it along the new freeway section in Worcester and Millbury.

[mgk920]

There is a lengthy series of bicycle paths along I-70 in the hills west of Denver, CO.  Where there are no paths nor other convenient alternate routes, they may use the highway's main roadways.

The latter is surprisingly common, especially in the western USA.

Mike

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Oh yeah, I forgot to note that some segments of US-101 in southern Monterey County/northern San Luis Obispo County allow bicyclists to use the main roadway. I even saw a bike race use the freeway once...

[citrus]

A 9-10 mile segment of CA-1 between Del Monte Avenue in Marina and Del Monte Boulevard in Monterey has the Monterey Bay Recreational Trail running parallel to it.

I've biked on that!

CA 56 is another example of a freeway with a bike trail. Much of it is separated only by a jersey barrier with a chain-link fence on top.

[Scott5114]

The Creek Turnpike has one. ROW for it was given to the city of Tulsa as part of a land-swap deal with OTA, which wanted to take a city park for the highway.

[agentsteel53]

CA-52 over the hill between the Santo Rd. and Mast Rd. interchanges.  there is no reasonable alternate route to the freeway between those two points, thus the need for bike accommodation.

[Molandfreak]

The sidewalk attached to the Mendota Bridge continues as a bike trail on both sides of the bridge. It is part of USBR 45.

[realjd]

The Pineda Causeway (SR-404) freeway here in Florida has a brand new bike lanes. They use green paint to highlight the lane at on and off ramp conflict points. There are a few details here:
http://cflroads.com/asset/file/229/pineda_bike_lanes_plus_signs.pdf

It's unique in that it isn't physically separated like most freeway bike lanes. They run the lanes along the shoulders.

FDOT is experimenting with bike lanes along some freeway bridges like this because cyclists for years have ignored the laws keeping them off of the bridge with little to no problems.

[jander]

There is a lengthy series of bicycle paths along I-70 in the hills west of Denver, CO.  Where there are no paths nor other convenient alternate routes, they may use the highway's main roadways.

The latter is surprisingly common, especially in the western USA.

Mike

Saw the sign "bikes must exit" on my way to Vegas.  I was amazed bikes were allowed....

[JustDrive]

If we're talking about separate bike trails, then CA 56 and CA 52 have them in San Diego.  If we're talking about bike lanes on the freeway, off the top of my head I have:

- I-5 between Sorrento Valley Road and Genesee Avenue
- I-5 between Oceanside Harbor Drive and Cristianitos Road
- US 101 between Seacliff and Bates Road
- US 101 between Hollister Avenue and Buellton
- CA 23 between Olsen Road and Tierra Rejada Road
- US 101 between Liberty Canyon and Lost Hills Road

[bugo]

The Creek Turnpike has one. ROW for it was given to the city of Tulsa as part of a land-swap deal with OTA, which wanted to take a city park for the highway.

Part of it has a trail paralleling it, namely the portion in south Tulsa.

[DandyDan]

The I-35E bridge in St. Paul has a bike portion attached.

Bicycling is allowed on all South Dakota Interstates, so I suppose that makes all the Interstates in South Dakota bike trails.  I've never seen one in my limited experience driving there, though.

[yakra]

US1 from ME196 to just east of the ME24 Cook's Corner interchange.

I-295 from the East Deering interchange (Entrance 8) to Preble Street Extension, a bit closer to exit 6 than Exit 7.

[hotdogPi]

The George Washington Bridge.

Also the Ben Franklin Bridge.

[mgk920]

The George Washington Bridge.

Also the Ben Franklin Bridge.

Also the I-94 Saint Croix River bridge (MN/WI state line).

Mike

[TEG24601]

Does the Bike Trail have to be a separate pathway?  Because most of the Interstate Miles in Washington, aside from the Seattle-Tacoma metro areas, are open to bike traffic.  Same for Oregon, specifically I-84 through the Gorge.