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CTH I Rockbridge
CTH I Rockbridge is 18.3 miles of loop riding through Richland County in Wisconsin — The Dells Region, the baraboo hills, the lower wisconsin river and the ridge roads between reedsburg and spring green. Moving time is about 23 minutes; allow 35 with stops — a quick spin. It is scored CS-3, Spirited: 29 corners, 178° of turning per mile, 1,063 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.
- Curviness
- CS-3Spirited · 1.58/mi
- Distance
- 18.3 mi23 min riding
- Corners
- 2946% sharp · Tight
- Climbing
- 1,063 ft58 ft/mi · Relentless
- Shape
- LoopQuick spin
- Roads
- 100% back road0% state or US route
- Traffic
- Not countedno state counts on these roads
- Speed limit
- 55 mphtypically 55
How it rides
29 corners over 18.3 miles — 1.58 a mile, and 178° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-3, Spirited on the five-point curviness scale. 46% of those corners are sharp ones, and the road reads as tight.
What it climbs
The road climbs 1,063 feet in total, 58 feet per mile, between 795 and 1,272 feet — 477 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 309 feet over 1.2 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 8.5%. For this country that is relentless.
Surface, speed and traffic
Paved end to end. 100% of it is back road rather than highway, the other 0% state or US route. Posted speeds run to 55 mph, typically 55, measured across 17% of the route. State traffic counts cover only 1% of these miles, too little to put a number on, which is itself a fair sign of how quiet they are.
- Backroads
- Loop
- Big climbing
Turn-by-turn directions and the notes along the way are in the app. Every figure on this page is measured from the route itself — corner counts and gradients from the road geometry, elevation from NASA SRTM, traffic from the state transport department where counts exist.