| When starting from Newport News it is about 15 miles | | | | Roads. As for traffic, I prefer to do this ride on a |
| to the Yorktown Toll Bridge heading up Highway 17 | | | | weekday if you have the luxury, less traffic. In |
| and 100 miles to Fredericksburg then if you take | | | | Washington DC I prefer the weekends although traffic |
| Highway 1 into Washington it is another 45 miles to the | | | | always is a bear. |
| bridge into Washington DC. Another way to go is to | | | | The best part about this route is that there are a lot of |
| take Highway 17 from Yorktown Toll Bridge 80 miles | | | | fellow cyclists at all points and if you have a major |
| to Highway 301 and cross into Maryland to Highway 5 | | | | problem, catastrophe or second flat tire with no |
| and from there, well all roads lead to Washington DC | | | | additional tube, getting a ride is fairly easy. Folks in |
| as they say? | | | | Virginia are pretty nice and if you take the Maryland |
| The roads in Virginia are not so bad and yet Highway | | | | road as your last leg, most are fairly nice too, although |
| One needs some work, watch those bike rims if you | | | | fewer of them are driving pickups. There are many |
| are traveling over 20 mph in places, you have to | | | | good stops along the way and it is a route you will |
| wonder what our tax dollars go for these days? The | | | | enjoy and see something new each time. Explore it |
| roads in some parts of Washington DC some would | | | | and consider this in 2006. |
| perhaps disagree with you if you called them; Actual | | | | |