So I'm getting excited about riding the GAP trail for the first time this summer. I've been reading the Trail Book (10-11 Edition) and trying to make sense of the McKeesport end of the trail. The written description does not match the small map shown in the book. I decided I'll look at Google Maps and see what that would show - well, it only added to my confusion.

If I take the trail from as close to Pittsburgh as I can get, in Duquesne, I know I cross the Mon River on the Riverton Bridge. The trail meanders through that riverside industrial park, then somehow crosses Lysle Blvd and it looks like you bicycle on the road. Then the trail starts up. Smehow, it crosses the Yough River. Where? On the 15th Street Bridge? Geez, the streets could be better marked there and the book could actually show what they are describing in words. It's not an area where I particularly want to get lost.

Any inspirational, directional advice from you experienced riders? Thanks! I'm trying to get as much of the trail coverd as possible, so that's why I'm thinking of starting at Duquesne.