Wednesday, July 12, 2006
The trailer on the Bridge to Nowhere
The other day I tried something that I've been wondering about for a while: riding over the Bridge to Nowhere with the baby in the trailer.
For those of you who don't know, the Bridge to Nowhere is the common name for a little bridge over Redwood Creek on the east side of 101. It connects the Redwood City Marina (a group of houseboats) with the former-future Marina Shores area. To get to the bridge from the north, you have to wind through Docktown, past a gate, through some high weeds and climb up a steep, five-foot, dirt run-up to the bridge. On the other side is a rutted, open field before you get to the car dealers and the movie theater.
Despite its remoteness and it's name, it's really the Bridge to Everywhere. If it weren't for this bridge, you would have to go the really long way around and cross 101 at an interchange at least once to get to and from a large number of destinations, like Pacific Shores, Redwood Shores, the movie theater, the new Class 1 bike path from Whipple to Redwood Shores Parkway, etc. If you commute over the Dumbarton Bridge and want to reach any destination north of downtown RC, it's an important link.
So anyway, I wanted to see if I could get the trailer over the Bridge to Nowhere, and I did. I has to push the bike, with the trailer, up the dirt embankment, which was no easy task. The toughest part is keeping one's footing. But I made it, and the boy was safely ensconced in his car seat inside the enclosed trailer. It was a fun little jaunt.
For those of you who don't know, the Bridge to Nowhere is the common name for a little bridge over Redwood Creek on the east side of 101. It connects the Redwood City Marina (a group of houseboats) with the former-future Marina Shores area. To get to the bridge from the north, you have to wind through Docktown, past a gate, through some high weeds and climb up a steep, five-foot, dirt run-up to the bridge. On the other side is a rutted, open field before you get to the car dealers and the movie theater.
Despite its remoteness and it's name, it's really the Bridge to Everywhere. If it weren't for this bridge, you would have to go the really long way around and cross 101 at an interchange at least once to get to and from a large number of destinations, like Pacific Shores, Redwood Shores, the movie theater, the new Class 1 bike path from Whipple to Redwood Shores Parkway, etc. If you commute over the Dumbarton Bridge and want to reach any destination north of downtown RC, it's an important link.
So anyway, I wanted to see if I could get the trailer over the Bridge to Nowhere, and I did. I has to push the bike, with the trailer, up the dirt embankment, which was no easy task. The toughest part is keeping one's footing. But I made it, and the boy was safely ensconced in his car seat inside the enclosed trailer. It was a fun little jaunt.
# posted by Kathy Schrenk @ 4:54 PM 
