BIKEPGH MESSAGE BOARD ARCHIVE

Here's a route I used to go west thru Steubenville. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27601835 Around mile 50.75 on this route, Panhandle Trail ends but you can skirt a gate, bike a grassy overgrown road for a bit, then, emerge to a RR yard where you can walk your bike north along RR tracks to cross Harmon Creek (blue bridge - see satellite pictures) to reach Cove Rd. Around mile 52 you bike on the shoulder of Route 22 for about a mile and cross the Ohio River. That mile is stressful but brief. I found Coal Hill Rd to be a good bike route for climbing the hill out of Steubenville. The roads along Cross Creek, west of there, were very low traffic, though sometimes gravel. I enjoyed biking them.

Thank you Paul. This is super helpful and the exact sort of detail I was looking for. I'm planning on doing a resupply at the super Walmart at the top of coal hill so this good to know its a safe road. Many thanks, David