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Routes / Re: New York - Virgina Beach
« on: January 06, 2015, 04:46:33 pm »
Hi all,
Many thanks for all your suggestions (and apologies for my delay in response!) I spent ages trying to remember the forum I'd joined for advice!
Based largely on your advice - I've elected to simply travel from NYC to DC via coach and rather go for a stretch of DC down to Virginia Beach (via Richmond).
As DC - Richmond involves Cycle Route 1, it seems relatively straightforward. My one big question though, is that I did a standard google maps cycling directions from one to the other and the only real difference is that google suggested this:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Fredericksburg,+VA,+USA/Richmond,+VA,+USA/@38.2102034,-77.3955962,12z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b6c1ebbaeae025:0x7fa6450a21a691a1!2m2!1d-77.4605399!2d38.3031837!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b111095799c9ed:0xbfd83e6de2423cc5!2m2!1d-77.4360481!2d37.5407246!3e1
As you can see it suggests going down the 301 - which is fine (in fact it's ideal, it is a very long straight piece of road!!) But I'm having a hard time working out if bikes are allowed?
It knocks a decent wedge of miles off the ride - so was curious as to whether I could or not.
As ever, if you have any suggestions/advice/experience between the two, I am all ears - particularly Richmond to Virginia Beach.
Many thanks again - you're all seriously kind and helpful people!
Many thanks for all your suggestions (and apologies for my delay in response!) I spent ages trying to remember the forum I'd joined for advice!
Based largely on your advice - I've elected to simply travel from NYC to DC via coach and rather go for a stretch of DC down to Virginia Beach (via Richmond).
As DC - Richmond involves Cycle Route 1, it seems relatively straightforward. My one big question though, is that I did a standard google maps cycling directions from one to the other and the only real difference is that google suggested this:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Fredericksburg,+VA,+USA/Richmond,+VA,+USA/@38.2102034,-77.3955962,12z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b6c1ebbaeae025:0x7fa6450a21a691a1!2m2!1d-77.4605399!2d38.3031837!1m5!1m1!1s0x89b111095799c9ed:0xbfd83e6de2423cc5!2m2!1d-77.4360481!2d37.5407246!3e1
As you can see it suggests going down the 301 - which is fine (in fact it's ideal, it is a very long straight piece of road!!) But I'm having a hard time working out if bikes are allowed?
It knocks a decent wedge of miles off the ride - so was curious as to whether I could or not.
As ever, if you have any suggestions/advice/experience between the two, I am all ears - particularly Richmond to Virginia Beach.
Many thanks again - you're all seriously kind and helpful people!