Covid enabled exotic bike rides

[TomWilcox]

In the Northern hemisphere, the covid crisis came right at the beginning of Spring, and the cycling season. This has shut down much of the world, put many people working at home in quarantine, and seems to have reduced road traffic by about 80%. Last weekend I rode up and down Las Vegas Boulevard. i.e. "the strip", normally quite inhospitable to cyclists. Quite a few other cyclists and even some families had also taken this opportunity to ride places that have never before been bicycle accessible.
Has anyone else taken this opportunity to ride somewhere unique during this pandemic?

 

[GuruUno]

Yup, here in Central New Jersey

 

[TMH]

I'm fortunate enough to live in a more rural area, where I don't ever have to deal with big city traffic. But with all of the "shelter at home" folks not working, out getting exercise, walking the dog, etc., I've now had to dodge pedestrians walking in bike lanes or in the middle of the street. D'oh!

 

[PDXzap]

This little stretch of Hwy43/SW Riverside Dr. in Portland has a 45 mph speed limit and many do 55+ and there's less than a foot of shoulder in places. Here's Google's streetview:

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Not bike friendly but I decided I wanted to ride there with the light traffic from the pandemic and was rewarded with this view: