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bartnd t1_iurjlv2 wrote

Shore Dr -> Norton Dr -> West Boylston St -> Grove St -> Holden St -> Shore Dr is used as a 5k run. You could run that circle a few times with very limited breaks/waiting on traffic.

You could also extend that down to Salisbury, Highland, etc but you run into much busier streets where you'd be waiting on lights.

You could also stay on Grove St instead of taking Holden St and head into Holden turning at Main St/Shrewsbury St to head back into Worcester though there are definite breaks in the sidewalk.

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[deleted] t1_iurlh1k wrote

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AreYouNobody_Too t1_iurnkhk wrote

It's a city. There's very little chance of 10 interrupted miles unless you leave the city limits. The only place it might be possible is if you run through a bunch of connected trails at the cascades, but even then that's a stretch.

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Robespierrexvii OP t1_iuru4c9 wrote

I guess to be clear I'm not worried about stopping for intersections I'm just struggling to find 10 miles of sidewalk that are all connected which is weird. I moved here from Milwaukee and it was relatively easy to find that there I just think it's so strange that sidewalks just end here.

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AreYouNobody_Too t1_iuruaha wrote

Worcester has terrible transit infrastructure. Even for a car centric city, the car infrastructure is bad.

They just created a transit department for the city literally this past week or so, so who knows. Maybe it gets better.

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bartnd t1_iurp16z wrote

> So basically no 10 uninterrupted miles as asked

well yeah, to be pedantic I should have told them to go to a track or a highway since they're likely to hit a driveway wherever they go.

The Shore Dr 5k circle is the closest thing you're going to find that has sidewalks throughout with the least likelihood of needing to wait on a car.

This is the biggest perpendicular intersection where 90% of the time there will be no need to do more than look both ways.

Another 5k option would be the Newton Hill XC course.

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