[SDCBC] Sorrento Valley Advice Please

[John Eldon]

Having worked in Sorrento Mesa, Carroll Canyon, and Sorrento Valley for many years, I know (and detest) the interchange in question. (By the way, the situation is even worse for pedestrians -- been there, done that.) I refuse to walk or bike westbound under I-805 unless traffic is either extremely light or congested to relatively low speeds.

If you ride a mountain bike or don't mind a bit of overland hiking or cyclocross, check out the dirt road which goes under I-805 and parallels Sorrento Valley Rd. This was always my preferred route in dry weather, and it circumnavigates all of the freeway ramps. However, it does get pretty miserably muddy during and following every rainstorm. I understand it is slated for paving as part of the same circulation improvement project which has punched Mira Sorrento to Vista Sorrento Parkway.

Sorry I cannot be more helpful, but this interchange is one of my posterchildren for what is wrong with CalTrans' traffic engineering.

John E.

Serge Issakov <serge at issakov.org> wrote: Hi Elaine,

As far as riding through that type of intersection, I don't want to encourage you to do something that you don't feel is safe.  It definitely requires advanced traffic cycling skills, knowledge and experience.   This is "Road 2" material.   
You can also ride the crosswalks and sidewalks, assuming there is a pedestrian crossing across the 805 onramp lanes. ...

Once you get past the 805 onramp, you still have to merge all the way left to make your left (or U?) turn.  


Hope this helps.

Serge


On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:35 AM,  <fuse at san.rr.com> wrote:
 I am a fairly new commuter looking to ride across Mira Mesa to my workplace in Sorrento Valley.  Most of my route travels westbound down Mira Mesa Blvd. and my destination is on Sorrento Valley road on the left-hand side, immediately after the I-805 freeway underpass.
  
 Here two lanes are turning right onto the freeway and the bike lane stops.  This route is listed on the Ridelink Bike Map, so there must be some way to do this safely?
 

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