[SDCBC] Contact for State Routes

[Mike Berry]

Does anyone know the proper point of  contact for road conditions that
affect cyclists on state highways?

 

My particular beef is the repaving job on westbound  SR76 between I-15 and
North River Road in the Fallbrook area. Unfortunately I don't have pictures,

but imagine if you will a road with 3 foot shoulders on either side. The
repaving only extends to part of the shoulder, so that down 

the middle of the shoulder, you have uneven pavement, with a difference of
at least one to two inches. Of course if this dividing line 

of uneven payment ran directly down the center of the shoulder it would be
fairly easy to negotiate. However, the edge of the new paving 

is not a straight line and it may at times leave little pavement to the
right of the newly paved road for the cyclist to ride. 

 

Most places I would simply merge into traffic off the shoulder using
effective cycling techniques. However, SR76 is not my favorite place to 

do this. The road is a narrow two lane high speed corridor that is hardly
safe for effective motoring let alone effective cycling. 

 

The Century Riders sponsored a 200K Brevet event yesterday and we had close
to one hundred riders from all over the state participating.  The

only beef was this section of road (well that and the climb up Couser
Canyon). I'm not sure if this problem extends further west then North River
Road,

as we routed riders to North River Rd and onto the San Luis Rey Bikeway. 

 

 

Thank You!!

 

Mike Berry

www.sandiegocenturyriders.com

Home of the San Diego Brevet Series

Dedicated to the Adventure and Camaraderie

 of Long Distance Cycling

 

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