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04-07-17 | 10:55 AM

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bikenh

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Originally Posted by jamawani

I know you asked about the C&O Trail east of Pittsburgh -
But have you considered the Old Lincoln Highway between Valparaiso, IN and Canton, OH?

The last main sections of 4-lane US 30 were completed in the early 2000s -
so the old highway has fairly light traffic and nice, historic towns along the way.

There are online section maps available - albeit not designed as bike maps.
It is way more direct than the proposed ACA route.

Ohio:
A History and Road Guide of the Lincoln Highway in Ohio

Indiana:
THE 1928 LINCOLN HIGHWAY IN INDIANA

In Indiana there were multiple routes - this is the 1928 route.
The links do not load the strip maps correctly - so here are direct addresses:
http://www.lincolnhighwayoh.com/v1/i...a/1301_001.pdf
http://www.lincolnhighwayoh.com/v1/i...a/1302_001.pdf

I did the Indiana sections last summer - very pleasant.
https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/...id=472637&v=4E

PS - Old Trail Road in eastern Indiana (Warsaw to Ft. Wayne) has even less traffic than the Old Lincoln Highway.

Actually not a bad suggestion. I used to live right by the road in NW Ohio before I moved to NH. Back that way most summers visiting family. Have ridden US30 from NW IN until you have to change over to the Old Lincoln Highway due to limited access, and then the old highway clear into NE/E central Ohio over the past few years. Not a bad idea at all for you getting you into PA.

The one idea that just came to mind, granted it would still be west of the I-81 Duo, would be to grab US6 across northern PA. Has one of the nicest/most consistent graded climbs I've found anywhere thus far in the area of the Alleghany National Forest, west of Bradford. I've ridden it as far east as Bradford but then jumped up to southern NY before heading on east so I'm not sure what the I-81 Duo climbs are likely on US6

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