I traveled to North Dakota in July 2012 for a nice ride along the Missouri River on highway 1806.
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| Bismarck, right in the middle of North Dakota. |
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My route took me straight from my hotel in Bismarck through Mandan and south on 1806 (Google map:
http://goo.gl/maps/KEKR). I can't say that there is anything I would have changed about the route. I normally prefer a loop to an out-and-back, but 1806 was a great road and it was worth seeing twice.
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| The route. |
I didn't do much riding in Bismarck itself, but from what I saw it seemed fairly bicycle friendly. I came across some sharrows on Rosser Ave and other bike paths along the
way as I went through Mandan towards 1806. Crossing the river was easy
on Memorial Hwy with a nice and wide separated pedestrian path on the
bridge.
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| Sharrows on Rosser Ave. |
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| Near the Memorial Hwy bridge. |
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| The view from the Memorial Hwy bridge. |
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Heading south from Mandan, there was a separated bike/ped path along 1806, plus a wide shoulder on the road itself.
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| Bike/ped path. |
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| Plenty of shoulder. |
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| More shoulder. |
Eventually the shoulder disappeared, but traffic was light and the drivers I did see along the way didn't give me any problems. I had a great time out there and wished I had more time to follow 1806 all the way down to the South Dakota border and beyond.
Here are some more pictures I took along the way.
