Cedar Point Road.....

Friday evening... How dark was it?

The park owned that entire stretch of sand bar all the way to Sheldon's Marsh long before their were ever houses on it. It is my understanding that lots were sold off to raise capital for the park while maintaining a right of way. Were talking early 1900's. Obviously the park has grown larger than anyone back then could have imagined.

Just a quick note regarding the Causeway; when I exited the park today I couldn't help but notice that the "Prayers From Maria" field of hope had a few Sunflowers blooming. I imagine that in the next several days the field will be absolutely breathtaking. Don't miss it by taking the Chausee.

Thank you for reminding me about that. I am sure my girlfriend and I will enjoy stopping by.

Shades said:

Does anyone know why the park owns the road?

The Chausee was the original automotive access to the park. The causeway was discussed for several decades before being built in the 1950s.

^ Part of the original chausee, the original entrance was about a mile east of the current. It was destroyed by storms and had to be relocated to it's current position.

I, and several others, took that way when leaving the park on Sunday about 8:00 PM - why? Because there were ambulances with sirens blaring, coming down the Causeway to/from Perimeter Rd. and everything was at a standstill. Come to think of it, the last time I took that road was because of some kind of event on the Causeway, too. I think it's certainly a good option to keep open in terms of "evacuating" when the Causeway has issues, but it's not a regular route. (though I do enjoy seeing the progression of house remodels/rebuilds every so often)

I never speed down there, but there was an irritated driver, 3 inches from my bumper the entire way. I can see that many people probably FLY down that road. I made sure that needle never went even a hair over 35.

The appropriate thing to do in that situation is slow down sufficiently such that the distance between their bumper and yours stays consistent with the "1 car length per 10mph" guideline, which works out to about 0.17mph or 15 ft/min. :-P

That works most of the time but can lead to road rage, Long story but I tried that this summer in CBus and “Army Dude in Pick-Up” went ballistic on me. Twice zooming in front of me then stopping and jumping out and yelling at me, Fortunately a cruiser happened by the second time and he got a good talking to.

I was kidding, mostly. But I do slow down below the speed limit when someone is exceedingly close to me, especially in residential areas where kids could be around. Kids are unpredictable, and in the event I have to slam on the brakes to avoid one, I don't want the impatient, self-important jackass riding my bumper hitting me.

Any time I've gone the speed limit on that road, I usually end up getting passed despite the solid yellow line that runs the full length of the road.

On occasion we had taken Cedar Point Rd because we enjoy the scenery. Sorry to hear that option doesn't seem to be available anymore.

I just saw a report on a Facebook group that cars were being routed to exit Cedar Point road this evening.

There’s a film crew on the causeway