I take the ballard bridge and it's one of the shittier parts of the commute, I'm considering swapping to the fremont route. I don't really ride on 15th. I live

I take the ballard bridge and it's one of the shittier parts of the commute, I'm considering swapping to the fremont route. I don't really ride on 15th. I live in old ballard so I just swing down though russel/tallman and onto 17th and then just take the the ballard way sidewalk to the ballard bridge entrance. The pedestrian path on either side is rideable as long as there is no-one else around, you may be reduced to walking your bike though. So yeah I'd avoid 15th proper and just take a side street down to ballard ave. That said the ramen truck would be quite a detour if I took the fremont bridge as it's in interbay near fishermen's terminal.