Century South In Duwamish
- Head south on First Ave. NW.
- turn left on 60th
- turn right on Greenwood
- take the first left onto 59th
- take the first right onto Phinney (has a bike lane)
- turn left onto 50th (at the light)
- turn right onto Fremont (at the light)
- Go down the hill (may have to stop for the light at 34th) and across the Fremont bridge (on the sidewalk)
- Cross Nickerson (Westlake) and stay right. Go up the hill on Dexter
- Go down the other side of the hill on Dexter and watch out for traffic at Mercer (there’s a light)
- Cross Denny Way and turn right on Bell
- Turn left on Second Ave. (has a bike lane on the left)
- Turn right on Lenora. Below First Ave take to the sidewalk to avoid bad cobblestones.
- Avoid the cleats on the right side of the sidewalk.
- Turn left on Western and ride down the hill to the waterfront.
- Take the first right onto Pine heading under the viaduct
- (alternatively stay on Western and turn right on James)
- Turn left onto the Alaska Way bike trail
- Trail ends at Royal Brougham – continue south on Alaska Way (has a bike lane)
- Turn right on Spokane (take sidewalk / trail) and follow the trail to the approach to the lower West Seattle bridge
- Cross the bridge. At the west end is the junction with the Alkai bikeway which takes off to the right.
- Instead, turn left onto Marginal Place SW which takes you down to West Marginal Way in a short block
- Go south on West Marginal Way (may have some traffic). After a couple of long blocks (at the Grayline bus lot) find the Duwamish Trail on the left and
- Continue south on the trail first on the east and then on the west of the railroad tracks
- Trail turns left at SW Michigan and goes under approaches to First Ave. S. bridge
- Trail turns right beside Highway 99 and ends at S. Holden
- Turn left on S. Holden (watch out for traffic exiting Highway 99)
- At the first stop sign turn right on 5th Ave. S.
- At the next stop sign turn left on S. Monroe
- At the first stop sign turn right on 8th Ave. S.
- Cross S. Cloverdale at the light
- Where 8th Ave. S bears left to a dead-end look for the entrance to the bike trail next to Highway 599
- (this trail fragment may be overgrown to the point of being scary and badly warped by roots.- see alternate below)
- Where this fragment of the trail ends turn left onto S. Henderson and pedal up a short steep hill
- At the bottom of the other side of the hill turn right onto
- 4th Ave. S (may have some traffic).
- (You can also get to 4th Ave. South by turning left (east) at the 8th Ave. S / Cloverdale intersection.)
- A block south of Henderson get into the left turn lane and continue south on
- West Marginal Place S (a frontage road separated from Highway 599 by a chain-link fence with little traffic)
- Watch out for traffic exiting from 599 at the beginning and end of this segment
- At S 102nd (the next interchange on Highway 599) look for the entrance to the bike trail on the right.
- Follow the trail as it crosses the Duwamish and hugs the east bank between the river and a Boeing building.
- The trail crosses the Duwamish again on the East Marginal Way S bridge, and wraps around under that bridge before continuing south on the river bank and through parking lots
- Watch out for chickens in Allentown. After returning to the riverbank the trail goes under the Allentown bridge and through more parking lots
- After crossing under I-5 the trail follows the sidewalk on the east side of Interurban avenue next to the Foster golf course before returning to the riverbank
- The trail crosses the river again at the junction with the Black River and enters Fort Dent park.
- Leaving the park, cross the bridge, turn right, and look for the start of the trail on the left.