Originally Posted by
Bluish Green
I have driven through both of those interchanges, but not bicycled or walked them. Is there a sidewalk on the west side of the Roselle Road bridge? If so, could you cross Roselle somewhere south of I-90, then walk it north across the bridge? Just a thought.... That Tollway is a major physical barrier....
For quite awhile, the only bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn in NYC that had bicycle access was the Williamsburg. The famous bike/ped MUP deck of the Brooklyn Bridge had not yet been built. In my youthful ignorance back in the 70's I attempted to cross the Manhattan Bridge in the right hand lane. The drivers were going bonkers but more problematic, the expansion joints in the roadway were six inches wide. I never made it across. Somehow I got my bike off the roadway and inched back on a maintenance deck and attempted no further crossings of the East River until the Brooklyn Bridge pedestrian walkway was constructed.
My point. The o.p.'s route maybe unridable. We don't know. But somebody does. Were it me I would be checking with my LBS as to what people do to cross those bridges if they are crossable. Bikeforums is great but sometimes you need local information and your LBS or a local bike club newsletter or website is the source for information that is needed. Good luck.
H