NORTH ADAMS â Roads? Who needs roads? Barring major setbacks â and there probably will be setbacks â years from now someone could ride their bicycle from Bennington, Vt., through Pownal and Williamstown, and into North Adams without spending much time on roads. In fact, the route mostly would flow alongside the Hoosic River, passing through valleys, meadows and forests, under railroad tracks using a former drainage route and through the Blackinton Mill. An earlier proposal that took it through The Spruces and along a route in the Chenaille Terrace neighborhood to the airport property had too many easement and regulatory issues. WILLIAMSTOWN â By this time next year, hikers and bicyclists may move through Williamstown along a 3-mile stretch of the Hoosic River on a shaâ¦