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TRAIL
REVIEW:
(Courtesy of Tom Recktenwalt -
Miami Valley Rail Trails webmaster)
Prairie Grass Trail
- South Charleston to London
Prairie
Grass
Trailhead
(Madison County
Senior Center - 280 West High Street in London)
Construction on the Prairie Grass
Trailhead area has been completed,
with continuing enhancements in the planning stages.
Click here
for a
documentary of
the various stages of
construction.
In June of
2004, the Friends of Madison County Parks and Trails completed
construction of a footbridge that provides access to the trailhead by
the Madison County Senior Center.
Click here
for a
documentary of
the footbridge construction.
How to get from the London trailhead
to the South Charleston trailhead, and vice-versa:
London
trailhead to South
Charleston
South
Charleston trailhead to
London
Midway
Street to Maple Street
(Downtown London Bike Route)
If you ride about .1
mile past the London Trailhead, the trail ends at Midway Street.
For several years we have been negotiating with Norfolk Southern Railroad to
continue construction of the trail from Midway Street straight ahead
along the low-use industrial rail spur corridor through downtown
London, to the Maple Street trailhead. It appears to be very
unlikely that these negotiations will produce the desired results.
The current signed bicycle route
through the streets of London follows Midway Street to Center Street to
the Maple Street entrance of the Roberts Pass Trail.
NEW!
Our organization is working with the City of London to
improve the city street routes to connect the Prairie Grass Trail and
Roberts Pass sections of the Ohio to Erie Trail.
FMCPT is proposing two
routes through London. Click here for a map of the proposed
routes.
One is a very low traffic
route that does not cross any railroad tracks and goes past two park
facilities and is designed to be a simple by-pass
around London.
The other alternative is a
business route that would direct riders
through the heart of Downtown London for access to restaurants and
other amenities
that cyclists may be interested in finding in the city.
This is a work in progress,
and we would appreciate input from trail
users. Click here for more information and
updates.
Roberts
Pass
(Maple Street to Wilson Road)
This
remaining 6.5-mile segment from downtown London east
toward Franklin County was completed with a crushed limestone base in
July of 2005.
Click
here for
a documentary of the various stages of construction.
Click here
to view our photo gallery of the ribbon
cutting ceremony that took place on Saturday,
July 2, 2005.
Paving was completed on
the Roberts Pass segment of the Ohio to Erie Trail in November of
2007.
Click
here for
a documentary of the paving construction.
Click here
to view our photo gallery of the ribbon
cutting ceremony that took place on Saturday,
December 1, 2007.
Click
here for a map to the new parking area at the Wilson Road terminus
of the Roberts Pass segment.
TRAIL REVIEW:
(Courtesy
of Tom Recktenwalt -
Miami Valley Rail Trails webmaster)
Prairie Grass
Trail - London east to Wilson Road - "Roberts
Pass"
Camp
Chase Rail
Trail
(Wilson Road to Columbus)
Eventually the trail will be
connected
from the Wilson Road terminus in Madison County to the Battelle-Darby
Creek Metro Park in
Georgesville, and on to Columbus.
Click
here for a
map of the Columbus Recreation and Parks Dept proposed pathways.
Click
here for
a documentary of the various stages of construction.
Mileage charts and other
maps of interest:
Mileage
Chart - Wilson Rd to South Charleston
Mileage
Chart - London to Cincinnati
Little
Miami
Scenic Trail
For
a more extensive collection
of maps, visit the following:
Miami Valley
Rail Trails
Ohio to Erie Trail
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