Originally Posted by andyprough

I think #3 might be your best bet, if you can find safe parking.

My county recently decided to tear up the roads on 1/4 of my commute and force me into traffic on a high-speed county highway. I tried several alternatives, including riding through the gravel/dirt construction zone for a few miles, but nothing was working for me. Finally one day I threw my bike in the back of my pickup truck and drove past the construction zone, parked at a free public park and enjoyed the rest of the commute from there. Worked real well and I've mainly stuck to that for a few weeks. I still get a nice daily round trip of 20 miles with a small drive of about 5 miles each way.