From Sylvan, you can also try SW Hewett Blvd (near the Schollls Ferry east-bound on-ramp) to get to SW Patton and then to SW Montgomery, turn on Clifton, to ride on Cardinell to 12th Ave by PSU. I’ve used it and it can be nicer than using Barbur Blvd in rush-hour traffic. In fact, ODOT says it is legal to ride a bike east-bound on the Highway 26 east-bound shoulder from SW Scholls Ferry Road to the Jefferson Street exit. However, I sometimes prefer use the Zoo overpass (Knights Blvd) to Highway 26 to ride on the relatively clean shoulder of the freeway because it provides a direct route to SW Jefferson Street.

You can ride there to the Oregon Zoo and then back up the hills to Kingston Drive to Jefferson Street or Vista Ave. The path stops at SW Canyon Court by the office buildings to the east of the Verde Cocina restaurant. It can be nausiating breathing the car and motorcycle fumes when the path is on the south side of the freeway because there are few trees. The Incense Cedar trees smell nice along the path and THPRD is planning to make a new 2.5 acre park along SW Pointer Road (part of the route). Then a short stretch becomes a lot longer, which is no fun when late to work.ĭo you mean the Highway 26 multi-use path? ODOT maintains it. It may seem like a short stretch, but one missed turn and it’s possible to get lost. The goal of this short, ride-along-style post is to locate the westside entrance to the bike path that runs alongside Highway 26, for which there are - unfortunately and inexplicably - zero wayfinding signs. How long is that bike path behind the freeway wall? Does it go the whole way between Beaverton and Portland? Where’s the entrance?

She previously wrote about plans to widen the Walker and Murray intersection in Beaverton.Įver been on a MAX Blue Line train to Hillsboro with your bike comfortably resting on the hook and caught a glimpse of a person pedaling behind a sound wall over on the south side of Highway 26? This sight can give way to imagining there’s a well-marked bike route connecting Portland to Washington County. Naomi Fast is our Washington County correspondent.

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