I would not recommend this route. I ride in this area frequently and the only times I would recommend riding the section of Paces Ferry from the intersection with Woodland Brooke to the Silver Comet connector at Spring Hill is during the very early morning and very late evening. This section is narrow, no shoulder and extremely high traffic as there are commuters, school traffic and general traffic heading over the river and 285. During rush hours there will be a solid line of cars heading west all the way east down to Cobb Parkway. The roads are so narrow before the railroad tracks a bicycle rider cannot fit between the car and curb.


There are two alternates below. The first includes 2 fairly steep hills on Cochise and Stillhouse but it avoids pretty much all the highstress roadways and puts you right onto the Silver Comet connector on Cumberland Boulevard/Akers Mill intersection. The second takes advantage of the new trail on Cobb Parkway and gives you a slightly less steep hill to connect.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14005343

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14005343

This area is very hard to move around in by bicycle, the hills are very steep and the automobile traffic is often under time-pressure and very aggressive.