It sounds like you know pretty well. Thanks for the guidance!

This is awesome to know.

FYI some insight from elsewhere in the thread. Maybe not worth a shot yet:

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/comments/11umzbi/comment/jd1rqvs/

Ah, I see! I missed it bc it's right at the start and a dead-end road. Good to know. Thank you!

I saw on the maps it's kind of neat that some of the bridges exist to be part of the trail, but yeah, if it's mud or brush, it will be too much of an effort for me to take a chance with. Not to mention if I can't get across some of those waterways, I don't want to be portaging a bike.

Good feedback, thanks!

>Either way your problem is going to be anything inside of 295, which will be pretty dense with traffic on any decent through roads.

This sounds ominous. I know exactly what you're talking about, the phenomenon is the same around most cities.

And it'll be near the end of my day, with nearly 100 under my belt, which means I may make stupid decisions out of fatigue.

>You're making me want to go explore this!

lol, report back! I'm glad this is turning into a team effort.

>As for ticks, I've never had issues. I mean it can't hurt to do a tick check at the end of the day but I have never found one on me unless I'm bushwhacking through the woods on foot.

Good to know! But Lyme disease is from Connecticut and I don't know how rough those "road closed", dotted line trails on Google are, so I'm especially wary. I also a ride a roadie with 700 x 27 tires, so I have to be open to the possibility of being on foot at some point if the trail turns too rough.

I suppose one day of Picardin use wouldn't be bad, just as a safeguard.

Thanks! This is another vote against Option 3. It was the in between choice between (2) which is longer and safer, over two days and (1) which is faster but more unpredictable on roads, over one day.

My other option is to just do the Air Line trail on its own, maybe as Hartford-Willimantic-Pomfret-Willimantic-Meridien and then start another ride from Providence ... that's looking more attractive.

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>Moosup briefly has a nice paved trail, but only as far as Barber Hill Road. Between there and the Summit General Store in Coventry it’s pretty rough

Where is Barber Hill Road? I could not find it on the map going east from the Summit General Store in Coventry.

> the Trestle Trail is only rideable from the Log Bridge Road/102 parking lot east. I also see the dotted section on Google Maps at the CT/RI border but can’t speak to that, but it does not connect to the Trestle Trail that (re)starts at Bridge Road.

Thanks for this guidance! Strava Heat Map suggests I can connect on it through to the Moosup Valley Trail to the west, but I don't know what the conditions are, people might be taking dirt bikes out there.

I used Google Street View to see some points where the Moosup/Trestle crosses a main road, and they exist, but they look a little rough. These are also photos from 2012/2019 though.

https://goo.gl/maps/tEs7SBMKYB4kXcTs7

https://goo.gl/maps/bGSLdp9ESY6HSPw88

https://goo.gl/maps/UcFAorJKpzorqJybA

Related note: Do I have to worry about ticks on rough trails like this?

>That said, riding 117 to connect the two (assuming the dotted line is rideable trail) is probably pretty okay - not much traffic out there. I really like the Trestle Trail, but will warn you it’s arrival in Providence is pretty abrupt and you’ll have to navigate angry traffic at the end.

Thanks, angry traffic is not something I'm a big fan of!