Bryn Athyn - Bryn Mawr

My daughter will be a freshman at Bryn Athyn College (Buck Rd
& Huntington Pike); her best friend will be a freshman at Bryn
Mawr College.  She asked me if I could find a bike route
between the two. Using resources available to me in Chicago
such as the regional bicycle map at
http://www.bicyclecoalition.org/map/map.html
 (and little
local knowledge of Philadelphia) I've constructed one shown
here:

http://tinyurl.com/8mk97

I'm basically looking for comments, if anybody has any to
spare.  Some specific questions:
1. This route spends a long time on Washington from Bryn Athyn
to near the Schuylkill River -- basically the entire length of
that street; I've only been on the northeastern section of
Washington Lane and have little idea what it's like south of
Jenkintown.  Is it reasonable and safe? Are there good
alternates for parts?
2. A major limit to the route is the crossing of the
Schuylkill River, which I'm crossing at Belmont. Is this
bridge OK? Are there better alternatives?

I'll monitor the newsgroup for replies, or you can contact me
directly at zbicyclist at excite dot com.   Thanks.

-- 
Mike Kruger
The fact that our neighbors are worse off does not make us
richer, and the fact that they are better off does not make us
poorer. -Ben Stein 7/31/2005