U.S. Bicycle Route 1
long-distance bicycle route along the eastern seaboard of the United States
U.S. Bicycle Route 1 (often called U.S. Bike Route 1, abbreviated USBR 1) is a cross-country bicycle route that runs the length of the United States eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine. It is one of the two original U.S. Bicycle Routes, the other being U.S. Bicycle Route 76.
AASHTO recognizes the segments in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine as being the only "official" segments of USBR 1. The other segments, even if signed or mapped, have not yet been submitted by the states to AASHTO for formal inclusion or recognition in the U.S. Bicycle Route system. The New Hampshire and Maine sections of USBR 1 were approved in May 2011, with the New Hampshire section following the East Coast Greenway. Also approved was an alternate route, U.S. Bicycle Route 1A, that runs closer to the coast through a portion of Maine. Florida and Massachusetts segments were established in November 2014. Georgia's segment was designated in May 2019.
In Georgia, State Bicycle Route 95 is planned to be incorporated into USBR 1.
Route description
Communities
The following communities are serviced by the route:
Florida
Key West
Jacksonville
Georgia
Effingham County
Chatham County
Liberty County
McIntosh County
Glynn County
Camden County
Charlton County
North Carolina
Laurinburg
Southern Pines
Sanford
Apex
Cary
Raleigh
Oxford
Henderson
Virginia
John H. Kerr Dam
Victoria
Burkeville
Richmond
Ashland
Fredericksburg
Chatham Heights
Leeland
Tacketts Mill
Aden
Springfield
Occoquan
Lorton
Fort Belvoir
Mount Vernon
Alexandria
Arlington
Massachusetts
Boston
Malden
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Maine
Portland
Augusta
Bangor
Calais
U.S. Bicycle Route 1A
U.S. Bicycle Route 1A is an alternate route to USBR 1 in Maine, following the Atlantic coast between Brunswick and Bucksport.
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