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Old 09-08-2009, 01:17 PM
 
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Hello,
I am new to this area, and I am a student at Old Dominion University who commutes from Western Branch, Chesapeake. I would like to start cycling to and from Old Dominion, and so I just came up with a route which uses the ferry to cross the bay. The route is split into 2 sections:
(1) between my house and the Portsmouth Ferry Terminal
(2) between the Norfolk Ferry Terminal and ODU

I tried to avoid major streets. I am posting because (since I am new to this area), I am wondering if this route is safe in terms of:
(1) traffic density (do any of the streets on my route have heavy traffic
(2) neighborhoods (since I will be carrying a backpack and I may be travelling at night, I would like to avoid places where I am likely to get mugged)

Please click on the links below to see my proposed route, and let me know what you think in regards to the 2 points above, and please feel free (of course) to suggest a different route.

The following links show the route in Google Maps (sorry - I couldn't figure out how to make links, so please copy and paste these 2 links into your browser):
(1) between my house and the Portsmouth Ferry Terminal
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Watermill+Grove,+Chesape ake,+VA&daddr=Saunders+Dr+to:Bob+White+St+to:Lampe r+Rd+to:City+Park+Ave+to:Clifford+St+to:King+St+to :King+St+to:High+St+to:36.834775,-76.314039+to:Water+St&hl=en&geocode=%3BFQfiMQIdCFl y-w%3BFVTnMQIdqXBy-w%3BFY31MQIdpIFy-w%3BFQjtMQId251y-w%3BFUz4MQIdMsly-w%3BFRcIMgIdtvFy-w%3BFQ4JMgIdph1z-w%3BFcQMMgIdODFz-w%3B%3BFccbMgIdasxz-w&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=9&sz=14&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 9&sll=36.836767,-76.319103&sspn=0.031737,0.055189&ie=UTF8&ll=36.837 317,-76.313438&spn=0.031737,0.055189&z=14"]http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Watermill+Grove,+Chesape ake,+VA&daddr=Saunders+Dr+to:Bob+White+St+to:Lampe r+Rd+to:City+Park+Ave+to:Clifford+St+to:King+St+to :King+St+to:High+St+to:36.834775,-76.314039+to:Water+St&hl=en&geocode=%3BFQfiMQIdCFl y-w%3BFVTnMQIdqXBy-w%3BFY31MQIdpIFy-w%3BFQjtMQId251y-w%3BFUz4MQIdMsly-w%3BFRcIMgIdtvFy-w%3BFQ4JMgIdph1z-w%3BFcQMMgIdODFz-w%3B%3BFccbMgIdasxz-w&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=9&sz=14&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 9&sll=36.836767,-76.319103&sspn=0.031737,0.055189&ie=UTF8&ll=36.837 317,-76.313438&spn=0.031737,0.055189&z=14

(2) between the Norfolk Ferry Terminal and ODU
maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=town+point+park&daddr=Du ke+St+to:Mowbray+Arch+to:36.860944,-76.295671+to:Colonial+Ave+to:Colonial+Ave+to:Colon ial+Ave+to:W+42nd+St+to:W+43rd+St&geocode=FaM8MgId vNlz-yEhoZk6ueH_EA%3BFQ5eMgIdMeBz-w%3BFaFhMgIdathz-w%3B%3BFU-WMgIdHOJz-w%3BFd6qMgIdNutz-w%3BFYjEMgIdifFz-w%3BFb_JMgIdncxz-w%3BFUbLMgId0qpz-w&hl=en&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=14&via=1,2,3,4,5, 6,7&sll=36.86891,-76.284428&sspn=0.033715,0.055189&ie=UTF8&ll=36.867 399,-76.297646&spn=0.067431,0.110378&z=13

Last edited by CurrentUsername; 09-08-2009 at 01:30 PM..
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Old 09-15-2011, 12:58 PM
 
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did you ever do this ride? actually am going to do this same ride tomorrow. how was it?
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