"Ed Ravin" <eravin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> From somewhere in cyberspace, "Papa Tom" <TomMontalbano@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> said:
>>>>>....The Bronx River path has a new section in Scarsdale - it's a
little
>>>>>weird
>>and narrow in places, but p***** by some nice stuff....<<<<<
>>
>>Does this mean the northern and southern ends are now connected?
>
> Alas, not quite. They are closer together than they used to be.
>
>>Traveling
>>from north to south, I've always left the trail in Hartsdale, driven
>>through
>>a neighborhood, passed through Scarsdale via Garth Avenue, then
connected
>>to
>>the southern end. The piece just north of the Hartsdale train station
was
>>always in poor shape, at one point passing under a very low bridge that
>>was
>>always flooded out. Do you kow if that section has been upgraded?
>
> There are some new connections through White Plains that take the path
> down to the river earlier - you don't have to sneak across six lanes
> of scary traffic anymore.
>
> From White Plains to Hartsdale, much of the path has been fixed up.
> That low bridge is still low, though they might have fixed the flooding.
>
> The path ends at the tennis courts, just north of the Hartsdale station.
> You can find your way to Pipeline Road on the west side of the Parkway,
> look for a little bridge in the woods on your left that crosses over
> the river, take that and then the path to the south. It's narrow
> here, you may need to walk the bike. If you miss this turnoff, you'll
> be rudely reminded a few minutes later when you hit the end of Pipeline
> Road and accidentally end up on the southbound Parkway.
>
> The little path goes under the Parkway and then hooks up to the rebuilt
> BRP path. There's another entrance onto this path a little further
> south (I think on Garth behind the Scarsdale train station), but if
> you do it this way you can see the entire new path without backtracking.
> The new section runs approximately from Crane Road to Harney. It has
> another low bridge or two, is very narrow in spots, but you pass some
> nice waterfalls that you otherwise can't see unless it's Bicycle Sunday.
>
> Forgot to mention, the BRP path from Kensico Dam to North White Plains
> has been repaved, it had been pretty bumpy in spots.
> --
> Ed Ravin | "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich
> as
> | well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in
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