WHEELS TO MEALS

70 MILE ROUTE

JUNE 7, 2008

Begins And Ends At WSU – Puyallup Campus

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Note!! Puyallup street and avenue designations can be confusing. Pay close attention to the cue sheet directions when cycling within Puyallup city limits.

Mileage

Description

0

Leaving WSU parking lot, turn right on Pioneer

.23

Right on Fruitland

.45

Left on7th Ave SW

3.31

Left on 21st Street SE

3.40

Right on Pioneer AVE SE

4.16

Left on 134th Avenue E

4.21

Right on 80th Street E

4.25

Right onto Foothills Trail

7.06

Cross Military Road; remain on Foothills Trail

11.03

In Orting turn right onto Whitesell Street NW.

11.08

Turn left onto Corrin Street.

11.51

Bear right onto Harmon Way South (State Route 162)

12.60

Bear left onto Pioneer Rd, crossing over Kapowsin Hwy

15.03

Turn right onto South Pioneer Rd and get on the Foot Hills Trail

19.16

Proceed to trailhead for REST STOP

19.18

Turn right onto State Route 162, then

19.50

Turn hard left on S. Prairie Rd. E. As road goes uphill stay close to right curb as hilltop turn to right is blind for both uphill and downhill traffic!!

22.36

Turn right on 214th Avenues E.

24.46

Turn right on Connell’s Prairie Road. NOTE THAT 40 MILE COURSE TURNS EARLIER

25.28

Turn left on Barkubein Road E. USE CAUTION WHEN MAKING TURN

26.05

Bear right as Barkubein Road becomes Radke Road E.

26.30

Turn Left onto Buckley Tapps Highway E which is also 230th Avenue E.

27.63

Bear left on 40th Street E.

28.50

Turn left onto 218th Avenue E.

28.88

Turn sharp right onto Old VanderMark Road.

29.05

Bear left to rejoin 218th Avenue E

30.78

Sharp left onto VanderMark Road E

31.01

Turn left onto Church Lake Road.

32.60

Turn right onto West Tapps Highway E

32.84

Turn right into Allen York REST STOP.


Leave rest stop turning right onto West Tapps Highway E.

33.40

Turn right staying on West Tapps Highway E., at 64th Street E.

33.52

Turn left onto 195th Avenue E.

33.94

Turn right onto 56th Street E.

34.03

Bear left onto W. Tapps Drive E.

34.36

Bear left to remain on W. Tapps Dr. E

36.46

Turn right onto N Tapps Highway which becomes Sumner-Tapps Highway E. Turn right at light onto Lake Tapps Parkway E.

39.00

Continue on Lake Tapps Parkway E through light at intersection with Lakeland Hills Way SE. Note well! This begins a major downhill run. You will need good BRAKES, and don’t let them over heat!!!


40.74

Lake Tapps Parkway E. becomes 8th Street E at bottom of hill, passing over East Valley Highway E.

40.97

Turn left onto West Valley Hwy E

44.36

Turn left crossing railroad tracks. Immediately turn left again onto Valley Avenue E., which becomes Pacific Avenue as it crosses the White River (NOTE THAT 50 MILE COURSE TURNS RIGHT)

44.65

Turn left onto Fryar Avenue.

44.95

Right onto Zehnder Street.

45.18

Left onto Wood Ave. Use Caution crossing railroad tracks.

45.62

Wood Ave becomes Elm St. E


Note, Elm Street. bears right as left curve of road begins E. Valley Hwy E

46.22

Elm Street bends right and becomes 160th Ave E

47.01

Left onto 64th Street E

47.39

Right onto Sumner Tapps Hwy E., which becomes166th Ave E.

47.48

Go under overpass, then left onto access ramp to State highway 410. This route has a very wide shoulder. It is a long climb but not too difficult.

49.37

Stop at light at top of hill for a left turn onto Sumner-Buckley Highway. Activate pedestrian signal and cross with light. This is a very very busy intersection!!! Use care.

50.03

Turn right onto Angeline Road E. (REUNITE WITH 40 MILE COURSE)

52.08

Turn right on Rhodes Lake Road E.


Note a series of significant down hill runs for the next 1.5 MILES

53.32

Bear sharp right onto McCutcheon Rd near bottom of run. Stay to right!!

54.32

Turn right onto 96th Street E (REUNITE WITH 20 MILE COURSE)

54.37

Bear left on Riverside Road E

54.82

Bear left to remain on Riverside Road E

55.48

Right on 78th Street E

55.67

Left on 166th Avenue E

56.59

Left on 64th Street E

56.93

Bear RIGHT onto 160th Avenue E

57.75

Bear left onto Elm Street

58.55

Bear left onto Wood Avenue

58.79

Right onto Zehnder Street

59.03

Left onto Fryar Avenue

59.33

Right onto Bridge Street

59.45

Left onto Pacific Avenue (becomes Valley Avenue E)

59.67

Bear right to remain on Valley Avenue E (REUNITE WITH 50 MILE COURSE)

61.62

Becomes Valley Avenue NE

61.80

Crosses Meridian – becomes Valley Avenue NW

62.30

TURN RIGHT INTO LIBERTY DISTRIBUTING REST STOP – ICE CREAM

63.42

Turn left on Freeman Road E

64.31

Turn right on N. Levee Road

65.39

Turn left on 66th Ave Bridge E

65.49

Cross River road – bear left to remain on 66th Ave E

66.39

Turn right on Stewart Avenue East

66.86

Turn left on Pioneer Way E

67.91

Bear left at traffic light to remain on Pioneer Way E

68.16

Turn right at WSU campus

68.22

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