Originally Posted by
mdilthey
Is there a list of unsafe roads? Like a large database of highways that aren't bike-friendly, specifically for the northeast? Does anyone know which highways in MA, VT, NH, and ME are unsuitable?
It's pretty simple. Stay off the interstates. Use google maps or buy as you go to identify possible routes a day or so in advance. Some of the highways have effectively been supplanted by interstates and are pretty quiet. You'll work it out. As a non-North American I rode right across Maine, NH, Vermont and upstate NY into Canada last year without having fixed on a route in advance. It was no problem.