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Road & Trail - Taste of East Coast Greenway, Manchester
to Andover
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NOTE: This Ride Description and its
corresponding Route Sheet may not have been checked for accuracy by the www.ctbikeroutes.org team
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Total
Distance: 31.8 miles Elevation
Gain: 1373 feet
Degree of Difficulty Index: 1373 ft / 31.8 mi. = 43.18 ft/ mi
(high end of Rolling DoD category)
Terrain: 7.7 flat miles are on paved or well compacted stone
dust bike trail (okay for road bikes) and 24.1 miles on roads (rolling)
Killer Hills: None
Geographical Region:
Southeast Connecticut
Starting Location (city/town): Manchester
Starting Location (detailed directions to): Manchester Community College off
Great Path @ rear of Parking Lot C near Emergency Pole # 9. From I-84, (east or west) take I-384
east, then Exit # 1 for Spencer Street. At end of exit ramp turn left at
traffic light onto Spencer Street, then proceed about 0.1 mile past shopping
center, turn right on Hillstown Road and in 0.3 mile turn left on Great Path.
In 0.2 mile turn right onto the Manchester Community College (MCC) perimeter
road. In 0.2 mile turn left into Parking Lot C. Proceed to back of Lot C and meet near Emergency Pole
Box #9. (From I-384 westbound, turn right at the end of Exit # 1 onto
Spencer Street and then follow the directions above.)
Ride Description: The
ride proceeds from the MCC parking lot west on the bike path along I-384 to
East Hartford's Forbes Street, south on Forbes Street, then east on Forest
Street and past the east side of the MCC Campus. The ride then continues
through Manchester to connect to the rail trail between Bolton and Andover.
After 4.6 miles, the ride exits the rail trail just past the Route 6 tunnel,
then goes 5 miles on roads to connect to the bike path through Manchester
Park and along I-384. Finally, after 1 mile on city streets the ride connects
to the bike path at the edge of MCC campus leading to the parking lot.
Note: An alternate starting point is at the commuter parking
lot on Routes 6 & 44 – at mile 23.0.
Facilities and Points of Interest:
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Mile
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Facilities
- Points of Interest
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10.7
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Pass
entrance to Case Mountain park on Right
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11.1
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Highland
Market on opposite corner for restroom or snacks
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22.4
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Rail tunnel
under Routes 6, 44 & I-384 ( Recommend walking bikes because of poorer
surface and darkness)
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www.ctbikeroutes.org
Ride description:
Wu-New079
Route sheet:
RS-New079
Ride submitted by:
Bob Dickinson, 1/8/07 (updated 6/15/08)
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