PASC Route

BIKE ROUTE

FROM HOME TO PASC

 

  • Head south on First Ave. NW.
  • turn left on 60th
  • turn right on Greenwood
  • take the first left onto 59th
  • take the first right onto Phinney (has a bike lane)
  • turn left onto 50th (at the light)
  • turn right onto Fremont (at the light)
  • Go down the hill (may have to stop for the light at 34th) and across the Fremont bridge (on the sidewalk)
  • Cross Nickerson (Westlake) and stay right. Go up the hill on Dexter
  • Go down the other side of the hill on Dexter and watch out for traffic at Mercer (there’s a light)
  • Cross Denny Way and turn right on Bell
  • Turn left on Second Ave. (has a bike lane on the left)
  • Turn right on Lenora.  Below First Ave take to the sidewalk to avoid bad cobblestones.
  • Avoid the cleats on the right side of the sidewalk.
  • Turn left on Western and ride down the hill to the waterfront.
  • Take the first right onto Pine heading under the viaduct
  • (alternatively stay on Western and turn right on James)
  • Turn left onto the Alaska Way bike trail
  • Trail ends at Royal Brougham – continue south on Alaska Way (has a bike lane)
  • Turn right on Spokane (take sidewalk / trail) and follow the trail to the approach to the lower West Seattle bridge
  • Cross the bridge.  At the west end is the junction with the Alkai bikeway which takes off to the right.
  • Instead, turn left onto Marginal Place SW which takes you down to West Marginal Way in a short block
  • Go south on West Marginal Way (may have some traffic). After a couple of long blocks (at the Grayline bus lot) find the Duwamish Trail on the left and
  • Continue south on the trail first on the east and then on the west of the railroad tracks
  • Trail turns left at SW Michigan and goes under approaches to First Ave. S.bridge
  • Trail turns right beside Highway 99 and ends at S. Holden
  • Turn left on S. Holden (watch out for traffic exiting Highway 99)
  • At the first stop sign turn right on 5th Ave. S.
  • At the next stop sign turn left on S. Monroe
  • At the first stop sign turn right on 8th Ave. S.
  • Cross S. Cloverdale at the light
  • Where 8th Ave. S bears left to a dead-end look for the entrance to the bike trail next to Highway 599
  • (this trail fragment may be overgrown to the point of being scary and badly warped by roots.- see alternate below)
  • Where this fragment of the trail ends turn left onto S. Henderson and pedal up a short steep hill
  • At the bottom of the other side of the hill turn right onto
  • 4th Ave. S (may have some traffic).
  • (You can also get to 4th Ave. South by turning left (east) at the 8th Ave. S / Cloverdale intersection.)
  • A block south of Henderson get into the left turn lane and continue south on
  • West Marginal Place S (a frontage road separated from Highway 599 by a chain-link fence with little traffic)
  • Watch out for traffic exiting from 599 at the beginning and end of this segment
  • At S 102nd (the next interchange on Highway 599) look for the entrance to the bike trail on the right.
  • Follow the trail as it crosses the Duwamish and hugs the east bank between the river and a Boeing building.
  • The trail crosses the Duwamish again on the East Marginal Way S bridge, and wraps around under that bridge before continuing south on the river bank and through parking lots
  • Watch out for chickens in Allentown. After returning to the riverbank the trail goes under the Allentown bridge and through more parking lots
  • After crossing under I-5 the trail follows the sidewalk on the east side of Interurban avenue next to the Foster golf course before returning to the riverbank
  • The trail crosses the river again at the junction with the Black River and enters Fort Dent park.
  • Leaving the park, cross the bridge, turn right, and look for the start of the Interurban trail on the left.
  • (this is the junction with the Green River trail which takes off to the right under Inturban Ave.)
  • Follow the Interurban trail to the left over a bike bridge, around the Tukwilla funplex and under I-405
  • The trail then runs south in a straight line behind warehouses
  • Leave the trail on a wooden bridge just before the Kent 72nd street firehouse
  • cut through the parking lot, cross 72nd, and continue through the CenterPoint parking lots to PASC.

Note 1 – these directions work just fine in reverse but it is less taxing to continue along Alaska Way to Myrtle Edwards Park and the Pier 91 trail instead of taking second avenue through downtown Seattle.   (Take Dravus to 15th to Nickerson to get back to the Fremont bridge.)

Note 2 – ride is about 24 miles and takes about 2 hours assuming you don’t get caught by an opening of a drawbridge.