Originally Posted by
genec
Is the whole road the bikeway, or just the narrow area to the side, which looks an awful lot like a sidewalk to me... especially when viewing the outside tunnel view, and the short sidewalk outside of the tunnel.
In fact you state: "It's got some serious concrete pillars between the road and the bikeway..." So it IS a roadway... with what appears to be a sidewalk... just where is it designated "for bikes?"
I was saying this somewhat tongue-in-cheek... yes, I'm referring to the sidewalk ... There is simply NO Way a car could hit a bike or a pedestrian , the concrete pillars are too thick...
This is rural West Virginia... I have seen other railroad overpasses with four-lane roads under them ... Often , the sidewalk/bikeway is several feet higher than the roadway, so it is the ONLY way to get through after a heavy rain (flooding of the roadway)...
I didn't mean to upset you by suggesting you should use the sidewalk, feel free to take the lane. But you also should consider the darkness of a tunnel... Are you riding with tail lights? Can you reach to turn the tail lights on without dismounting?
It's a
reductio ad absurdem, a protected Bike Lane could be built with much, much smaller concrete pillars than what I depicted, and still be "collision proof". I hope you saw the humor in it.