The 1st U.S. Bicycle Route in South Lake Tahoe California

Journey Biking Affiliation introduced this week that with the addition of the brand new route, U.S. Bicycle Routes have expanded into 29 states. The brand new route, USBR 50, connects Lake Tahoe and the present USBR 50 in Nevada to the San Francisco Bay Space.

“The COVID-19 pandemic is difficult everybody to search out new and inventive methods to spend their recreation and trip time,” stated Jim Tymon, American Affiliation of State Freeway and Transportation Officers govt director, in a press launch. “Many individuals have turned to the bicycle for every day commuting, recreation and tourism. State departments of transportation are dedicated to offering extra journey choices to get folks the place they wish to go. And with the addition of U.S. Bicycle Routes in California and Wisconsin, there at the moment are 29 states which might be a part of the USBRS, which is connecting communities each giant and small and concrete and rural.”

The USBRS is growing a nationwide community of formally acknowledged, numbered and signed bicycle routes. All U.S. Bicycle Routes are designated by the American Affiliation of State Freeway Transportation Officers. With the brand new designations, the USBRS now boasts 14,598 miles of routes in 29 states and Washington, D.C. At the very least 40 states are presently growing U.S. Bicycle Routes.

Digital maps for all designated U.S. Bicycle Routes can be found to the general public totally free.

USBR 50 begins in South Lake Tahoe, on the Nevada border, and ends in San Francisco. The 233-mile route climbs throughout the Sierra Nevada, winds by way of the Sacramento Delta and traverses the Bay Space. It incorporates a ferry throughout the San Francisco Bay and gives a connection to USBR 50 in Nevada.

Leaving South Lake Tahoe, USBR 50 climbs over a number of mountain passes and follows the Mormon Emigrant Path Street, featured within the 2018 and 2019 Tour of California skilled stage races. In El Dorado County, USBR 50 makes use of the favored El Dorado Path. This paved rail path phase treats cyclists to a restored railroad trestle 200 ft above Weber Creek.

From Folsom to the state capital metropolis of Sacramento, USBR 50 makes use of the Jedediah Smith Memorial Path, offering over 30 miles of car-free biking.

Persevering with to the west, USBR 50 passes the Peña Adobe, situated inside the 470-acre Lagoon Valley Park. Inbuilt 1842, Peña Adobe is the oldest construction in Solano County. Cyclists on USBR 50 can take within the scenic vistas of the Suisun Marsh, one of many largest freshwater ecosystems in California, earlier than dropping into the higher San Francisco Bay and having fun with the waterfront views.

“USBR 50 in El Dorado County not solely gives a scenic bicycle route over the Sierra Nevada but additionally connects the biggest communities in our county,” stated Mike Bean, Pals of El Dorado Path board member. “Long run, I hope we will enhance USBR 50 to serve not solely guests to the county, however native residents biking for recreation, biking to work, and operating errands by bike.”

With the designation of USBR 50 in California, the USBRS is now just one state away from a whole coast-to-coast U.S. Bicycle Route connection. A future connection throughout Colorado will someday make this seamless routing potential.

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