Updated for 2023 — If you’re a Seattle-area bicycle rider who’s tired of mixing it up with motorists, you can head down to Bicycle Weekends on Lake Washington Boulevard on 10 weekends this summer.
Bicycle Sundays on Lake Washington
The city has chosen 2 weekends each in May, June, July, August, and September when it …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2022/05/07/bicycle-sundays-return-to-lake-washington-parkway/
This is turning into quite the banner year for the 250-plus mile-long Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail. First the state parks department announced the Beverly Bridge across the Columbia River will open officially on April 8. Now we learn that renovation of the long-closed Tekoa Trestle near the Idaho border has been completed and …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2022/04/04/palouse-to-cascades-trail-trestle-opens-in-eastern-washington/
The western and eastern segments of the Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail — Washington state’s longest trail at about 230 miles — officially will be joined on April 8 with the dedication of the refurbished Beverly Bridge across the Columbia River.
Newly refurbished Beverly Bridge on Palouse Cascades Trail across the Columbia River.
I …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2022/03/23/east-meets-west-as-beverly-bridge-across-the-columbia-river-opens-for-bicyclists-on-april-8/
The widening and asphalt-paving of the two remaining crushed rock segments on the East Lake Sammamish Trail begins June 1. The work means use of the 11-mile bicycle trail as a through-route between Redmond and Issaquah will be interrupted through late 2023.
King County Parks map (click for larger view)
King County Parks says the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2021/05/20/final-upgrades-to-east-lake-sammamish-trail-begin-june-1-segments-closed-through-2023/
Work started this week on a long-awaited pedestrian bridge on the Willapa Hills State Park Trail over busy WA 6 in near Chehalis in Lewis County.
The pedestrian bridge will greatly improve safety at the WA 6 crossing, a high-speed highway with heavy traffic. Currently, a paved section of trail ends in deep gravel at …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2021/05/04/pedestrian-bridge-work-starts-on-willapa-hills-trail-near-chehalis-short-section-closed/
Chalk up another trail segment opening along the 285-mile Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail in Washington state.
State parks image of completed Renslow Trestle in April 2021
The state parks department announced Thursday that work to the Renslow Trestle across I-90 is complete, meaning that trail users will no longer have to detour around …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2021/04/29/another-gap-closed-on-the-palouse-to-cascades-state-park-trail/
That bicycle bridge spanning the busy Factoria Boulevard in Bellevue opened this week.
Cyclists emerge from the tunnel under a freeway onramp
The project helps hundreds of bicycle commuters and recreational bicyclists daily who will no longer have to negotiate the busy Factoria Boulevard – I-90 interchange in the shopping district.
Officials started working on …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2021/03/31/mountains-to-sound-bike-bridge-completed-in-bellevue/
A long-running Pacific Northwest bicycle touring group — Bicycle Rides Northwest — is seeking financial help after undergoing a bumpy ride the past few years.
Founded in 1987 as Oregon Bicycle Ride, the Portland-based tour agency has changed its name and expanded its reach over the years beyond Oregon into Washington, Idaho, Montana, and California. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2021/02/16/bicycle-touring-group-makes-plea-for-donations/
Part of the Olympic Discovery Trail on the Olympic Peninsula Crescent Lake and mountain view from Spruce Railroad Trail in 2019
The Spruce Railroad Trail overlooking the remote north shore of Lake Crescent is “open for business” again.
Crews finished the months-long project to pave the trail and reconstruct and reopen two old tunnels on …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2020/12/04/improved-spruce-railroad-trail-reopens-at-lake-crescent/
Two cyclists head back toward Renton on the Cedar River Trail earlier this week
The northeastern US traditionally might have the best fall colors, but the leaves put on a show out here in the Pacific Northwest as well.
Took a ride up the Cedar River Trail on a sunny day earlier this week, and …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2020/11/05/fall-colors-on-cedar-river-trail/
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