Originally Posted by
scroca
Can you take a right either at that intersection or before it, then a left off of SW 185th followed by another left to get back to SW Baseline? I won't hesitate to ride longer to be safer.
You'd think so, wouldn't you? But no. There's one left turn off of 185th that comes back around to Baseline that would only add a mile, but there's no light for that turn and 185th has two lanes of traffic each way plus a center turning lane, so crossing there is out of the question. By the time there's a left turn with a traffic signal, I'd have added 3 miles to a 7 mile ride and would still have to take an unsafe street.
On the other hand, I actually think erig007's suggestion to just use the sidewalk here might work. I don't know why I didn't think of that.