Craig Austin
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I live in Wilsonville, and concur with what John said, but you can cut off
some distance and almost all the climbing by turning right on A street in
downtown Lake Oswego. Make your way through town (it turns into Country
Club) to Boones Ferry, and stay on Boones Ferry all the way to Wilsonville.
A lot of BF has bike lanes, and it's nearly dead flat.
Craig Austin
-----Original Message-----
From: John Schader [mailto:voy-@wans.net]
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 6:44 PM
To: t-@karenjohanson.com; ob-@topica.com
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Best bike commute route from close-in SE PDX to
Wilsonville
This is not meant to discourage you, just to give you an idea of what the
route I suggest is like. I've ridden almost all the following streets and
roads. It would be a challenging commute of about 20 miles with a few
not-so-easy climbs, and if traveling when it's dark, unlit sections of road
and plenty of traffic at rush hours. I suggest trying it on a weekend first.
Here's one way to go. There are other longer routes that might be a little
more bike friendly and maybe a little less hilly. I'm purposely choosing
more bike friendly streets where possible, at least on the way to Sellwood.
You probably wouldn't go this way in a car. Better get a map or Mapquest.com
for this:
From 18th and SE Washington make your way South and West to cross the
Willamette via the Sellwood bridge (or alternately, the Hawthorne bridge).
You want to get to Rt. 43 South. You could go:
south to Salmon,
turn west (on Salmon) to 7th,
turn south to Division,
(here you could hook up with the new section of the Springwater Trail a
couple of blocks west, that goes along the river, past Oaks Amusement Park
to the Sellwood Bridge
~OR~)
from 7th and Division continue:
turn east on Division for a short distance to 9th,
turn south to Mall,
turn east to 17th,
turn south to Bybee,
turn west to Sellwood Blvd,
turn southwest to 7th,
turn south to Tacoma,
turn west across the Sellwood bridge to Rt. 43 (a.k.a. Macadam).
Now go south over the hill on Rt. 43 (Macadam becomes Riverside Dr. then
State St. - it's a busy road with no shoulder) to downtown Lake Oswego, to
McVey,
turn southwest on McVey, up the hill, becomes Stafford Rd.
Stay on Stafford, down the hill to Wankers Corner, cross I-205, up another
hill and all the way to Wilsonville where Stafford becomes Wilsonville Rd.
You can email me for some alternate route choices, and maybe let me know if
I goofed on some of the details...
Karen Johanson <t-@karenjohanson.com> wrote:
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<DIV><SPAN class=060060916-29082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I live
in Wilsonville, and concur with what John said, but you can cut off some
distance and almost all the climbing by turning right on A street in downtown
Lake Oswego. Make your way through town (it turns into Country Club) to Boones
Ferry, and stay on Boones Ferry all the way to Wilsonville. A lot of BF has bike
lanes, and it's nearly dead flat. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=060060916-29082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Craig
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> John Schader
[mailto:voy-@wans.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 28, 2003 6:44
PM<BR><B>To:</B> t-@karenjohanson.com; ob-@topica.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[OBRA Chat] Best bike commute route from close-in SE PDX to
Wilsonville<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>This is not meant to discourage you, just to give you an idea of what the
route I suggest is like. I've ridden almost all the following streets and
roads. It would be a challenging commute of about 20 miles with
a few not-so-easy climbs, and if traveling when it's dark, unlit sections of
road and plenty of traffic at rush hours. I suggest trying it on
a weekend first.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Here's one way to go. There are other longer routes that might be a
little more bike friendly and maybe a little less hilly. I'm purposely
choosing more bike friendly streets where possible, at least on the way to
Sellwood. You probably wouldn't go this way in a car. Better get a map or
Mapquest.com for this:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>From 18th and SE Washington make your way South and West
to cross the Willamette via the Sellwood bridge (or alternately, the
Hawthorne bridge). You want to get to Rt. 43 South. You
could go:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>south to Salmon,</DIV>
<DIV>turn west (on Salmon) to 7th,</DIV>
<DIV>turn south to Division,</DIV>
<DIV>(here you could hook up with the new section of the Springwater Trail a
couple of blocks west, that goes along the river, past Oaks Amusement Park to
the Sellwood Bridge</DIV>
<DIV>~OR~)</DIV>
<DIV>from 7th and Division continue:</DIV>
<DIV>turn east on Division for a short distance to 9th,</DIV>
<DIV>turn south to Mall,</DIV>
<DIV>turn east to 17th,</DIV>
<DIV>turn south to Bybee,</DIV>
<DIV>turn west to Sellwood Blvd,</DIV>
<DIV>turn southwest to 7th,</DIV>
<DIV>turn south to Tacoma,</DIV>
<DIV>turn west across the Sellwood bridge to Rt. 43 (a.k.a. Macadam).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Now go south over the hill on Rt. 43 (Macadam becomes Riverside
Dr. then State St. - it's a busy road with no shoulder) to downtown
Lake Oswego, to McVey,</DIV>
<DIV>turn southwest on McVey, up the hill, becomes Stafford Rd.</DIV>
<DIV>Stay on Stafford, down the hill to Wankers Corner, cross I-205, up
another hill and all the way to Wilsonville where Stafford becomes
Wilsonville Rd.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>You can email me for some alternate route choices, and maybe let me know
if I goofed on some of the details...</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><B><I>Karen Johanson <t-@karenjohanson.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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