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Pittsburgh to West Virginia, Route?

Started 8 months ago by NCBT                15 posts            Latest reply from scott               

  1. NCBT

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    Posted 8 months ago

    Driving directions to St Marys, WV
    120 mi – about 3 hours 21 mins
    Via N State Route 2/WV-2 - remove
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    5008 Gem Way
    Pittsburgh, PA 15224

    1. Head west on Gem Way toward N Millvale Ave
    361 ft
    2. Turn left at N Millvale Ave
    151 ft
    3. Turn right at Penn Ave
    0.5 mi
    4. Turn left at Main St
    0.2 mi
    5. Continue on Bloomfield Bridge
    0.4 mi
    6. Turn right at Bigelow Blvd/PA-380
    2.4 mi
    7. Turn left at 6th Ave
    272 ft
    8. Turn right to stay on 6th Ave
    0.1 mi
    9. Continue on Crosstown Blvd
    0.1 mi
    10. Continue on Liberty Bridge
    0.5 mi
    11. Continue on W Liberty Ave
    3.9 mi
    12. Continue on US-19/Washington Rd
    Continue to follow Washington Rd

    18.5 mi
    13. Continue on Murtland Ave/US-19
    0.8 mi
    14. Turn left at Ridge Ave/US-19
    0.4 mi
    15. Turn left at N College St/US-19
    0.2 mi
    16. Turn right at E Chestnut St/US-19
    Continue to follow E Chestnut St

    1.8 mi
    17. Continue on Rte-40/US-40
    Continue to follow US-40
    Entering West Virginia

    24.3 mi
    18. Slight left at Bethleham Blvd/WV-88
    Continue to follow WV-88

    1.9 mi
    19. Sharp left at Ridgecrest Rd/WV-88
    Continue to follow WV-88

    4.2 mi
    20. Turn right at Glendale-Sherrard Rd/Grandview Rd/WV-86
    Continue to follow WV-86

    5.8 mi
    21. Turn left at US-250/Wheeling Ave/WV-2
    Continue to follow WV-2

    37.5 mi
    22. Turn left at Elizabeth St/WV-2
    272 ft
    23. Turn right at Chelsea St/WV-2
    Continue to follow WV-2

    16.2 mi

    St Marys, WV

    Is this do-able? I don't drive,and don't know some of the roads.

  2. Mick

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    Posted 8 months ago

    Are you talking by car? Or by bike?

    I've gone to St Marys by car before and I did I79 -> I70 -> WV2. (Google recoomends crossing to Ohio, taking OH 7, then crossing again at St M)

    On a bike, I thing your route would work.

    Here's a Road route I'd consider.

    1) Use Oscar Swan's Potato Run Rt to get west of the city

    (West end circle -> Steubens treet. Up and over Baldwin Rd to Campbell run. Right on campbell Run up to 22-30. Left on the shoulder of 22-30 for 1/4 mile or so - it's ridable - to the exit for Old Steubenville Pike. Stuebenville Pike to Robinson Hwy, AKA PA 980, AKA PA Bike Rt A, make a left to follow it south. Swans' Potato Run makes a right here.)

    2) Stay on PA Bike Route A until you get to Waynesburg

    ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/bikes/state_mapA.pdf

    3) From Waynesburg, take PA 18 (haven't ridden it, but it is famously good for bikes) South to the WV border where it becomes WV 69.

    4) Somewhere around a town in WV called "Hundred," 69 Joins up with WV 7. Take that to WV 2 and go south to St Marys.

    I'd take several good maps of SW PA and northern WV with you. I'm not sure how many trucks you's have to deal with on any of these roads, but I'd be concerned about WV 2 - lots of industrial plants along the river and big trucks.

    Or, a Rail-Trail heavy Route.

    http://www.wvrtc.org/trails/index.html

    Get to Point Marion, PA, Dirt Road south along the railroad track and the Mon to the WV North Mon trail. Follow the Mon trail to Fairmont, then the North Fork *River* Trail (different rail from the North Fork Trail.) to Shinnston.(about 30-35 miles on the trails)

    Roads from Shinnston to Wolf Summit/Bristol (probably WV 20, Bean Run Rd, and Old US 50) then take the North Bend Trail about 20 more miles to Ellenboro

    Then take WV 16 north-west to St Marys.

    There might also be a way to use the Panbhandle trail west, then head south.

    Mick

  3. alankhg

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    Posted 8 months ago

    There was a very thorough thread a bit back about a trip to Morgantown.

  4. Mick

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    Posted 8 months ago

    Yeah. The Morgantown trip was me. I took the T out to the end (which is an option for St Marys, too) and went to Rt A to get down to WV.

    I came back through Point Marion. You could basically reverse follow that trip to get to Point M. Lot of odd twists and turns and I'm nto srue I described them all.

    Mick

  5. NCBT

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    Posted 8 months ago

    The t to washington?

  6. Mick

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    Posted 8 months ago

    The T from town out to Library PA. The trolley/subway.

    Here's the thread on my Mo-town trip

    http://bike-pgh.org/bbpress/topic/round-trip-to-morgantown

  7. NCBT

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    Posted 8 months ago

    I start in PGH, Catch a T or bus with rack to, (where), the pat site doesn't have a route map.

    I have a pick up at the trail end of the North Bend Trail, I heard that WV16 was dangerous.

    I usually ride public transit to the end, the if possible a trail. I did this on greydog to Kalamazoo and rode to south haven and south bend indiana.

    Hahah on an old Dyno Bmx. I wrapped it in a army surplus half man tent, stuck it under the bus, whole.

  8. NCBT

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    Posted 8 months ago

    ok, overlapping comments....
    Any way, take the t to Library PA.

  9. NCBT

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    Posted 8 months ago

    I get lost in the links on that trip to morgantown post.

    Where do I go for pa trail info?

  10. Mick

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    Posted 8 months ago

    Yeah, a lot of those links don't work anymore (shrug).

    You pretty much have to get a couple of good maps and sweat it out.

    Take either one of my routes or Hooties route to PA 519 (Which is also Rt A) then south of Waynesburg Kirby-Girard'sFort-Mapletown Rd to Rt 88 to Point Marion, if you want to do the WV trails.

    Good luck

    Mick

  11. NCBT

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    Posted 8 months ago

    This will take a while to map out, every section has a different link, etc etc ..Thanks, Mick you should be a trail guide...

  12. Lenny

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    Posted 8 months ago

    I read about a trail that forks off the Yough trail,I believe around Dawson or Connellsville.It's suppose to go all the way to Point Marion, but not finished yet.I can't remember the name of the trail because I read about it more than a year ago and haven't heard or read anything since,(so what else is new).Maybe someone knows more about this trail and help you get to your destination.

  13. Lenny

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    Posted 8 months ago

    I just found out the name of the trail that forks off the Yough trail.It's called the Sheepskin trail in Dunbar Pa. It's only a few miles long,but once you get off the Sheepskin trail you're only 30 miles away from Point Marion,W.V. Eventually the trail is suppose to be extended another 30 more miles into Point Marion.I know someone from WPW that just did this ride and told me it's the best route to get there from Pittsburgh. Good luck!!

  14. NCBT

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    Posted 8 months ago

    Ok, I'm confused.

  15. scott

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    Posted 8 months ago

    I would just take Noblestown all the way to WV then figure it out from there with a local map.

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