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Old 03-22-09 | 04:40 PM
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From: Highland Park, NJ, USA

Bikes: "Hildy", a Novara Randonee touring bike; a 16-speed Bike Friday Tikit; and a Specialized Stumpjumper frame-based built-up MTB, now serving as the kid-carrier, grocery-getter.

Some bad news about the Calhoun Street crossing - maybe.

Martha and I tried to approach the bridge from a path along the river. (I don't think it's the D&RC, but it may lead to it.) About a quarter mile south of the bridge, according to my GPS, we hit this:



We had to backtrack, and were already running late. his is what we saw at the Calhoun Street intersection:



It's rideable, but barely. The camera is facing towards Pennsylvania. This was actually a quiet moment in traffic, late on a Saturday morning. I'd be hesitant to ride that even if the bridge were up. The overpass to get over rt 29 looks pretty dicey. (See the attached thumbnail - it's an image of the overpass in Google Earth.) We didn't get a chance to see the bridge itself, sorry!

Having written all that, there's gotta be some way to do this. (If nothing else, there's a sidewalk, but one would have to cross highway traffic in multiple places.) My NJ East Coast Greenway "Multi-Use Trail Guide" instructs one to "Walk on sidepath over bridge", then continue towards Calhoun Street. I've emailed the Greenway info address, and I'll post if they reply.
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