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BIKE ROUTE DESCRIPTIONS

Connects:
    Downtown on the River to Wrightsville Beach on the Sea
Length: 11.9 Miles
Passes By:
  Gregory School (0.8), Empie Park (3.2), Hanover Center and Independence Mall (shopping 3.2), Winter Park School (4.6), Hugh MacRae Park (4.6), Arboretum (8.5), Airlie Gardens (9.1), Wrightsville Beach Park (10.7)
   
Distance Traveled
Section Length
Turns
Streets

Conditions

Starts at Water St and Market St on the River downtown
0.0
0.1
East Market Street 2 lanes, downtown
0.1
0.1
Right Front Street 2 lanes, downtown
0.2
0.2
Left Orange Street 2 lanes residential
( 0.4 – 3rd St crossing is dangerous no crossway, no traffic light )
0.4
0.3
Straight Orange Street 2 lanes residential

0.7

0.1

Right 7th Street  
0.8
0.6
Left Ann Street 2 lanes residential
1.4
0.3
Right 15th Street 2 lanes residential
1.7
0.2
Left Castle Street 2 lanes, busy
1.9
0.3
Right Colwell Ave 2 lanes, quiet rough
2.2
2.0
Straight Park Ave (Bike Path) divided quiet smooth
( 2.3 - Dawson St crossing is dangerous, mid block crossing )
4.2 0.1 Right Kerr Ave 3 lanes busy
4.3 0.2 Left Peachtree Ave 3 lanes busy
4.5 0.1 Left Pine Grove Rd 2 lanes, quiet
4.6 3.7 Right Park Ave 2 lanes, quiet
8.3 0.2 Right Greenville Ave 2 lanes, fast, busy, rough
8.5 0.3 Left Oleander Dr 5 lanes, fast, busy
( 8.8 - 0.4 Straight on Oleander Dr., Bradley Creek Bridge is hazardous, use the traffic lane )
9.2 0.9 Right Wrightsville 3 lanes, fast, busy
10.1 0.3 Right Eastwood Rd 4 lanes, fast, busy
( 10.4 – 0.3 Straight on Eastwood Rd., ICW Drawbridge, grating )
10.7 1.2 Left Salisbury St. 2 lanes, fast, busy
11.9 Ends at Johnny Mercer Pier, Wrightsville Beach
Notes:  
 
  • Lights on Market St and Front St
  • No Light at Orange St and 3rd St
  • Lights on Castle St at 16th and 17th Sts
  • No light at Park Ave and Dawson St
  • Light on Park Ave at Independence Blvd
  • Light on Peachtree St at College Rd
  • Light on Oleander Dr at Greenville Ave and Wrightsville Ave
  • Light on Wrightsville Ave at Eastwood Rd
  • Light on Salisbury St at N Lumina Ave
Needs:  
 
  1. Better crossing of 3rd St and Dawson St. needed
  2. Bike lanes on Park Ave, Mile 2.2–4.2
  3. Bike lanes on Park Ave, Mile 4.6–8.3
  4. Bike lanes on Greenville Ave, Mile 8.3–8.5
  5. Bike lanes on Salisbury St, Mile 10.7–11.9
         

 

 
 
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