I bet they could open the Adirondack Northway to bicyclists from Lake George to Peru for only a few million in signage and it could bring in tens in millions in tourism dollars.

I guess there is a few substandard bridges that would have to replaced, but I bet that section from Lincoln Pond to Elizabethtown on the Northway would be a blast to ride on a mountain bike or road bike.

I am betting bicycles on the Northway will be in the state budget eventually. Television stations and newspapers will mock the idea of riding bicycles on the Northway, and talk about how dangerous it must be. The state’s experts will disagree noting the inherent safety of expressways, and the cyclists organizations will celebrate the new highway they can ride. The DOT will put up the signs, it will become a trendy tourist thing for like 5 years and except for a few sections like Underwood to Elizabethtown, few sections of the Northway will get much bicycle riding.