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Following One Man's Cross-Country Bicycle Journey of a Lifetime!
The Planned Route
The route is an estimated 3600 miles. Traveling for 60 days, George needs to average 60 miles/day to reach his goal.
DELAWARE
- Dewey Beach , DE – route 1S to Fenwick Island, DE (16 mi)
- Route 54W to routes 387, 568, and 367 past Bishopville, MD to 113 (12 mi)
MARYLAND
- Route 113S to route 13S near Pokomoke City (39 mi)
- Continue Rt 13S all the way to Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel (74 mi) (Truck will take me over the bridge on one day’s notice)
VIRGINIA
- From Virginia Beach continue on Rt 13 (North Hampton Blvd), go under 64.
- Princess Anne Blvd to Church street and take left. Follow to Vir Beach Blvd and make right.
- Follow to St Paul and make left then follow to waterfront. Take ferry to High Street.
- Get off ferry at High Street and ride to where PCHS was off Effingham.
Get on London Blvd to Airline Blvd (RT 58) to Kings Hwy to Moms house on Oregon Ave.
- Take Portsmouth Blvd over the Hodges Ferry Bridge to Uncle Bills, then go to Joe’s on Dock Landing Rd. Continue on Dock Landing and take left on Jolliff Rd to 58.
- RT 58 to Emporia (74 mi)
- Continue RT 58 to South Hill (38 mi)
- Route 1 to NC line (17 mi)
NORTH CAROLINA
- Route 1 to Norlina then rt 158
- Take 158 to Yanceyville (70 mi)
- Stay on 158 to Linville Rd and take a left
- Turn rt on Kernersville Rd then left on High Point
- Turn left on Wayside Dr to Bedford Park Ct (70 mi)
- 801S to 601 at Davie Crossroads (35 mi)
- 601 to Monroe (75 mi)
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Take rt 200S and enter South Carolina (20 mi)
- Continue to route 29 at Lancaster (8 mi)
- Take route 9 at Fort Lawn (10 mi)
- Continue to Chester (20 Mi)
- Take route 72/121 through Carlisle
- Continue on 72 to Whitmire (28 mi)
- Continue on 72 through Clinton, Greenwood
- Stay on 72 pass Calhoun Falls and over the river and into Georgia (72 mi)
GEORGIA
- Continue on 72 to Athens (45 mi)
- Take Atlanta Highway SE until Carl and pick up route 8 (32 mi)
- Stay on 8/29 to Lawrenceville (7 mi)
- Take to 120 through Duluth, through Alpharetta until 140 (13 mi)
- 140N until route 20W (15 mi)
- take 20 to Cartersville (12 mi) (this portion will be rerouted as 20W is too dangerous)
- From Cartersville take 61S to route 27 (50 mi)
- Take 1/27S to LaGrange (40 mi)
- Take 219S to Piney Grove (36 mi)
- Continue on 219 to Columbus (10 mi)
ALABAMA
- Take 280 from Columbus and cross into Alabama
- Get on South Seale Rd to route 165 (10 mi)
- 165 to 1/431 (10 mi)
- take 1/431 into Dothan (95 mi)
- out of Dothan take 84W to 92W to Clayhatchee
- then 85S to Geneva (20)
- Take Sizemore Hgwy into FL (4 mi)
FLORIDA
- Continue on Sizemore (185/2A/2) to 83 (15 mi)
- 83 to DeFuniak Springs (12 mi)
- take 90 through Mossy Head, Milligan, Holt (43 mi)
- through Milton, Riverview to Pensacola (40 mi)
- take 292 through Pleasant Grove, Gulf Beach and into Alabama (again) (20 mi)
ALABAMA
- 292 becomes 182 and continue through Orange Beach (bike shop) to Gulf Shores (12 mi)
- take 180 to Fort Morgan (23 mi) and take ferry to Dauphin Island
- take 193 to Alabama Port (6 mi) and take 188 through Bayou La Batre
through Grand Bay and just past Dees take rt 614S (Alabama Blvd) into Mississippi (25 mi)
MISSISSIPPI
- Continue 614 (turns into Wade-Vancleave Rd
- Continue on WV road through Van Cleave
- Follow map through Larue and to Perkinston (50 mi)
- Map from Perkinston to Poplarville
At Poplarville take rt 43 to Bogalusa (15 mi)
- Route 60 to Plainview, then 1072 to Franklinton (20 mi)
- Route 10 to Richardson (4 mi)
- 440 to Tangipahoa into Louisiana
LOUISIANA
- then 1050/38 through Easleyville to Chipola (28 mi)
- 432 to Woodland and take 422 to Norwood (22 mi)
- take 421 through Jackson (20 mi) and take right on 965 in St Francisville (10 mi)
- From St. Francisville take rt 10S to rt 1 at New Roads through Morganza (18 mi)
- Continue to route 972 then to 419 at Lacour. 419 to 418 at Smithland Continue on 418 to rt 1 near Simmesport (14mi)
- Route 1 to Moreauville and pick up routes 1182 and 1181 to Plauchville (18 mi)
- Take 107 from Plaucheville through Dupont to Big Cane (14 mi)
- 361 to Lebeau and then pick up 10 for two miles to rt 359
359 to 103W (towards Washington) past Pile Ridge (21 mi)
- 103 to 363 to 167 to 10 to 1161 at Ville Platte (20 mi)
1161 to 104 to Mamou
- From Mamou continue on 104 to rt 26 (15 mi)
- Rt 26 through Oberlin, Mittie, until De Ridder (47 mi)
- Stay on 190 through Merryville, Bon Wier. Just past
Bon Wier pick up rt 363 to Kirbyville, TX (42 mi)
TEXAS
- Take rt 96 at Kirbyville through Buna to Silsbee (32 mi)
- From Silsbee take 327 to rt 287/69N to 326 to 770 (13 mi)
- Take 770 to rt 105 (15 mi)
- Rt 105 through Batson, Moss Hill, to near Tarkington Prarie (30 mi)
- Take 321S (3 mi) to CR 308 to Gulf Rd (3 mi) and take a right
Gulf Rd to 1010S (3 mi)
- 1010S to 2090 (10 mi)
- 2090 to 59S at Splendora (6 mi)
- 59S to 242 (3 mi)
- 242 cross the Lazy River to Gosling Rd (33 mi)
- Enter The Woodlands
- From The Woodlands (Gosling RD south) take 2920 to 290W to Carmine (80 mi)
- Stay on route 183 (before rt 35 at Austin)
- Take rt 183N until it turns into rt 620 into Cedar Park (Bobby Tyler) (80 mi)
- Take FM 1431 to 281S to Blanco (now use Southern maps) (75 mi)
- From Blanco to Sisterdale to Waring to Comfort (43 mi)
- Rt 27 to Center Point, then rts 27 and 173 to Kerrville (18 mi)
- Stay on rt 27 to Ingram then take rt 39 to Hunt (12 mi)
- Stay on rt 39 until Kerr County and take a left on route 187S to Vanderpool (40 mi)
- Then rt 337 to Leakey to Camp Wood. (37 mi)
- Take rt 55 through Montell and continue till you take a right on route 334 at Laguna (18 mi)
- Rt 334 to Brackettville (30 mi)
- Take route 90 through Kenney and Val Verde counties until Del Rio (30 mi)
- Stay on route 90 through Comstock through Langtry (60 mi)
- Through Dryden through Sanderson (60 mi)
- through Marathon until Alpine (84 mi)
- At Alpine take route 118 until Kent (76 mi)
- Take 80/10 through Van Horn (37 mi)
- Through Sierra Blanca to McNary (63 mi)
- Route 20 through Acala, Tomillo and Fabens (32 mi)
- At Fabens take route 76 into El Paso (33 mmi)
- Then route 20 again
NEW MEXICO
- Continue route 20 out of El Paso to route 28
- Rt 28 through Chamberino, La Mesa, San Miguel and to Mesilla (50 mi)
- At Las Cruces take route 185 to Hatch (49 mi)
- At Hatch get on 187 through Garfield, Derry, Arrey (18 mi)
- Left at SR 152 through Hillsboro, Kingston (33 mi)
- Take right on SR 35 through the continental divide to Lake Roberts
Take left on SR 15 through Pinos Altos.
- Continue until US 180 and turn right to Silver City.
- Take 90S to Lordsburg to Rt 10 to route 80.
- Stay on 80 through Rodeo and to the Arizona border (100 mi).
ARIZONA
- Route 80 to Douglas (42 mi)
- to Bisbee to Rileys El Encinar (30 mi)
- Past Rileys El Encinar take 90 through Sierra Vista through Campstone to 82 (30 mi)
- 82 to Sonoita then take 83 to Tucson (72 mi)
- At Tucson take 86 to Gila Bend (not Fri-Sun if possible-trucks) (129)
Take rt 8 to Yuma to CA border (117 mi)
CALIFORNIA
- Route 8 to US 98 through Calexico, Mount Signal, Coyote Wells (87 mi)
- Route 8 to Old route 8 through Jacumba, Boulevard (29 mi)
- At Boulevard take 94 through Delzura and Engineer Springs and
- Stay on 94 to Jamacha Junction to Campo Road into San Diego (64 mi)
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