I had been invited to a meeting on Shelter Island at the end of the summer, so I decided to take the opportunity for a day of cycling through New England:

• Route 16 to Mendon
  • becomes Hastings Street on crossing North Avenue / Main Street
  • cross Washington Street / Emerson Street
  • LEFT Millville Street
  • becomes Chestnut Hill Road
• in Millville:
  • RIGHT Central Street / Lincoln Street, and across railway
  • enter Rhode Island
  • cross 146 (Worcester-Providence Turnpike / Smithfield Expressway)
  • LEFT North Main Street
  • RIGHT 102 (Victory Highway / Broncos Highway) opposite a shopping mall
  • cross 7 (Douglas Turnpike)
• 102 ends at Chepachet, bear LEFT onto 100 (Money Hill Road / Victory Highway)
  • cross Snake Hill Road
  • cross 101 (Hartford-Providence Turnpike)
  • cross US 6 (Danielson Pike)
  • cross Central Pike
  • becomes Chopmist Hill Road
  • bear RIGHT as 102 merges with 14 (Plainfield Pike)
• pass through Clayville
  • pass 94 (Foster Center Road)
  • Plainfield Pike gradually curves from west to south
  • bear RIGHT to remain on 14 (Plainfield Pike) as 102 (Victory Highway) splits to the left
• immediately on entering Connecticut, bear LEFT onto 14A (Plainfield Pike) as 14 (Sterling Road) continues to the right
  • in Oneco, pass Newport Road, then turn LEFT onto Pine Hill Road
  • merge with Bailey Road, immediately bear LEFT to keep on Pine Hill Road as Old Greenwich Road splits to right
  • Pine Hill Road ends, turn LEFT onto Porter Pond Road
  • next RIGHT onto Cedar Swamp Road
  • cross 49 (Ekonk Hill Road)
  • becomes Hell Hollow Road
  • cross Breakneck Hill Road / Tatro Road
  • becomes Stone Hill Road
  • Stone Hill Road turns left at Reservoir Hill Road
  • cross Lester Road / Banjo Sullivan Road
  • cross Roode Road
  • merge with 201 (Hopeville Road)
  • cross under the 395
• in Jewett City, Hopeville Road becomes East Main Street
  • merge with North Main Street into 12 (Main Street)
  • cross railway
  • Main Street becomes River Road
  • cross the 395
  • becomes Jewett City Road
  • becomes Norwich Avenue
• in Norwich:
  • becomes Boswell Avenue
  • RIGHT to keep on 12 (North Main Street)
  • at the bridge, RIGHT (away from the bridge) onto Main Street
  • bear RIGHT (only legal direction) onto 2 & 32 (Washington Street), then immediate LEFT Westside Boulevard and across the river's two branches
    • (or walk against traffic for one block on the left side of the West Main Street bridge across the river's two branches)
  • LEFT 32 (Thames Street)
  • becomes Norwich - New London Turnpike
  • becomes Mohegan Avenue
• in New London:
  • becomes dual carriageway
  • pass Coast Guard Academy on the left
  • next exit ramp
  • RIGHT at end of ramp onto Briggs Street
  • next RIGHT at end of Briggs Street onto Williams Street
  • cross 32
  • cross Mohegan Avenue (turn here when reversing these directions)
  • next LEFT onto Crystal Avenue
  • cross under the 95
  • road curves right
  • Crystal Avenue ends; LEFT Eugene O'Neill Drive
  • LEFT Governor Winthrop Boulevard
  • cross railway
  • road ends, RIGHT Ferry Street
• Cross Sound Ferry to Orient Point, Long Island
  • LEFT from Dock Road onto 25 (Main Road)
  • through Orient
  • through East Marion
• in Stirling:
  • pass Stirling Cemetery on left
  • pass Manhasset Avenue (L), Brecknock Road (R), Bailey Avenue (L)
  • LEFT to remain on 25 (Main Street) into Greenport as 48 continues straight
  • RIGHT to remain on 25 (Front Street) as Main Street ends at the docks ahead
  • next LEFT 3^rd Street
• North Ferry to Shelter Island
  • straight on Summerfield Place
  • first RIGHT Grand Avenue
  • cross Waverly Avenue / Waverly Place
  • straight through crossroads with Meadow Place (L) & Prospect Avenue (R)
  • immediate RIGHT Tower Hill Avenue
  • straight onto Sunnyside Drive as Tower Hill Avenue continues to the right
  • bear LEFT at country club to keep on Sunnyside Drive as Prospect Avenue splits to the right
  • LEFT Shore Road
  • road turns left at the beach, continue half a mile
  • Pridwin Hotel, 81 Shore Road