Riding on some Major Road in New Jersey

nismosr

Hi All,

I'm browsing around Mapmyride.com and seen some good routes with some pretty good mileage. My question is to some rider/cyclist on the board with experience riding on some major roads in NJ. I've see routes that you need to ride along busy roads like RT 36. 35, 202, some part of 46 and some others that you guys know. How safe it is to be on these roads with cars/trucks?

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HenryL

Depends on where in the State you are riding these roads. 202 can be fine in portions of Morris County. Same for 46 way out west. RT 35 between Point Pleasant and Seaside is the only option. Rt 36 parallels the ocean from Sandy Hook to Long Branch and is also OK, but the rest of it is not bike friendly.

nismosr

HenryL

Alongside rt 36 the route doesn't seem to follow any roads??? There is a rail trail there but check that route carefully.

neilfein

I found this route on Mapmyride.com it was created by Arobinso. since I'm from Edison I could cut through New Brunswick and just follow the rest.

http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/nj/newark/463498740

What do you guys think ?

I'm in Edison, we should ride sometime.

George Street in New Brunswick has a lot of parked cars north of the Livingston Ave intersection. Easton Ave is similar. Landing Lane from Easton until the bridge is pretty narrow and has a lot of heavy traffic, but the bridge itself is fine. Be careful on Stalton/ 529.

Lessee... Inman is on my commute, and it's good to ride on. Nice shoulders for most of it. 27 in Elizabeth is pretty dangerous, I'd avoid that.

nismosr

Hi Neil

Wanna try this route ? go down jersey shore and back to Edison?

I'm in Edison, we should ride sometime.

George Street in New Brunswick has a lot of parked cars north of the Livingston Ave intersection. Easton Ave is similar. Landing Lane from Easton until the bridge is pretty narrow and has a lot of heavy traffic, but the bridge itself is fine. Be careful on Stalton/ 529.

Lessee... Inman is on my commute, and it's good to ride on. Nice shoulders for most of it. 27 in Elizabeth is pretty dangerous, I'd avoid that.

neilfein

Hi Neil

Wanna try this route ? go down jersey shore and back to Edison?

Cool. I'll be out of NJ for the next three weekends, but PM me.

I'm a traffic chicken. I'd try something like this instead:

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Newark-Penn-Station-to-Jersey-Shore-via-New-Brunswick

You'd need to reroute for one way streets and such, but it's pretty much doable. The Newark stuff is all guesswork on my part.

But avoid 27 as much as possible, particularly in Elizabeth and Newark. Death, death, death!

nismosr

actually were not gonna start in Newark but Edison instead since were both from Edison. and Looking at your map .. we can avoid taking 36 if we stay on the Hudson Trail all the way - right ?

Cool. I'll be out of NJ for the next three weekends, but PM me.

I'm a traffic chicken. I'd try something like this instead:

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Newark-Penn-Station-to-Jersey-Shore-via-New-Brunswick

You'd need to reroute for one way streets and such, but it's pretty much doable. The Newark stuff is all guesswork on my part.

But avoid 27 as much as possible, particularly in Elizabeth and Newark. Death, death, death!

neilfein

actually were not gonna start in Newark but Edison instead since were both from Edison. and Looking at your map .. we can avoid taking 36 if we stay on the Hudson Trail all the way - right ?

Take a look: Edison to the NJ shore via Redbank (http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Edison-to-the-NJ-shore-via-Redbank). 44 miles. Then we need to find a way back.

geo8rge

RT 36. 35 You can ride from Newark to sandy hook avoiding 35(most) 36. I would suggest as you go purchase maps for each county and take roads that run parallel to 35 36. Henry Hudson starts in Matawan and goes to ave D altantic highlands.

chrisuletz

nismosr

Route 36 is pretty good usually, has wide shoulders often. Henry Hudson Trail paralels it, but it's in quite a bad shape... it was OK when I had the hybrid, but with my new aluminum road bike it's an ordeal, too many bumps and cracks.

You think its a good idea to take a road bike on the Henry Hudson ? my bike is Aluminum with Carbon seat stay ..

smyth

Take a look: Edison to the NJ shore via Redbank (http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Edison-to-the-NJ-shore-via-Redbank). 44 miles. Then we need to find a way back.

If you guys go a bit further there is a train station in Long Branch and as long as you aren't using it during peak hours and there is room they allow you to bring your bike on, the only bad part is if the cars happen to fill up you'll have to wait for the next train. generally though you should be fine, usually they're okay with it as long as you aren't going very far on the train. just try to plan it so you don't show up at the train station during rush hour or something

kyle

chrisuletz

You think its a good idea to take a road bike on the Henry Hudson ? my bike is Aluminum with Carbon seat stay ..

Personally I wouldn't recommend it on the stretch that paralels R36 (same setup, aluminum w carbon seat stay and fork). The southern part, from Matawan to Freehold is much better though, you can go there. But if you have a _road_ bike, then go on the _road_ :-) I find it much better than the paved trails. Check njbikemap.com for routes.

neilfein

Personally I wouldn't recommend it on the stretch that paralels R36 (same setup, aluminum w carbon seat stay and fork). The southern part, from Matawan to Freehold is much better though, you can go there. But if you have a _road_ bike, then go on the _road_ :-) I find it much better than the paved trails. Check njbikemap.com for routes.

Hmm, a good point... njsmosr, what kind of bike do you have? I ride an MTB refitted as a commuter, so it's a decent road bike that can take light trails.

nismosr

Hmm, a good point... njsmosr, what kind of bike do you have? I ride an MTB refitted as a commuter, so it's a decent road bike that can take light trails.

I have a road bike with aluminum and carbon seat stay.It's actually my first road bike ..