tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post504874486301377754..comments2024-03-27T15:44:43.564-08:00Comments on What Do I Know?: Campbell Creek Bike Trail Under Seward Highway Almost ReadyStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-53141831859643853962013-10-26T22:51:13.102-08:002013-10-26T22:51:13.102-08:00Fox, I do miss the old way, but that was ok if you...Fox, I do miss the old way, but that was ok if you only used it a couple of times a summer. But for people who regularly use this route to get somewhere, having everything connected is kind of nice. But they did a bit of overkill. The DOT folks build roads and if they have to build bike trails, it seems they're going to make them looks as much like roads as they can. It would be nice if they were trails just big enough for two bikes to pass without all the fancy amenities. And if they did that, the per mile cost of building a bike trail would be lower, and theoretically, we could have more bike trail. But they'd probably use the saved money for something else. Thanks for dropping by and commenting. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-82305284291913372182013-10-26T18:00:46.804-08:002013-10-26T18:00:46.804-08:00Thanks for the nostalgic pics. I loved that underp...Thanks for the nostalgic pics. I loved that underpass. No more though. Just another casualty in their race to make los anchorage fully resemble the city of its namesake.<br /><br />Abominations like that are the reason I stick to the roads now.foxinaboxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-11425192930823240312013-10-21T19:57:03.604-08:002013-10-21T19:57:03.604-08:00Anon, thanks for the kind words. When I saw the b...Anon, thanks for the kind words. When I saw the bike path superhighway concept they were putting in, I began to think maybe it was better the old way too. And you're right about how that new path along the east edge of APU land would allow for connection directly to the Tudor bridge. That would be the long way and since I know how to make the connections, I didn't think of that That also cuts out the nice part around Goose Lake and is somewhat further. That must be why DOT wants to force Bragaw/Elmore through the campus - to shorten that bike route connection to Tudor. :) Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498066938213558757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30897652.post-74037091288180846302013-10-21T16:27:21.040-08:002013-10-21T16:27:21.040-08:00great before and after photos-- I will miss the ol...great before and after photos-- I will miss the old route a little, kept that part pretty mellow. One thing about your route above-- you say you have to cross some parking lots and streets through UAA to get to the curved bridge over Tudor, but that is no longer true-- now you can go over N. lights, go up the new trail along the south side of N. Lights past East High, then down that paved power line trail that now connect to University Lake dog park paved trails and then to that Tudor road bridge, which now connects to crossing under MLK, past Albrecht fields, and then under Elmore... the BIG missinhg link is now the lack of a safe crossing at Lake Otis. Then the lack of a true separated trail connection between the end of Campbell Creek trail at Arlene and the trail alongside Raspbery leading evetually to Kiincaid and the coastal trail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com