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96 Grand River Edges Trail • Butterworth Trail • Seward Avenue Bikeway guides you along the banks of the West River Dr Grand River. It links downtown Gentry Photo by Karen 96 Grand Rapids to and 37 1 Lamberton

Millennium Park, and includes 2.2 Riverside 2-way miles of paved path in Riverside Park Park cycle track that connects to the Fred Meijer 3 Mile Rd 3 Mile Rd Grand River Edges Trail Access l i

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Edges Trail from Fulton Street to the 6th Riverside Park Coit Ave r

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Street Bridge is a popular stroll for visitors i R

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and local residents. The “loop” traverses the n

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and passes by some of the area’s most 5 Fish Ladder Park Yes Yes No Alpine notable attractions, including the Gerald Seward Avenue Bikeway Access Turner Coit Ave R. Ford Presidential Museum, the Grand 6 Area 9 Public Parking Yes Yes Yes Monroe Rapids Public Museum, Bridgewater Place, Butterworth Trail Access 2 DeVos Place Convention Center, Knapp Grand Raids 7 Millennium Trailhead Yes Yes Yes Fish Ladder Park, 6th Street Bridge Ann Cross a series of bridges to Park, Grand Plaza Hotel, Ann St Plainfield and the downtown campus of Oxford Street on the southern branch

Grand Valley State University. You of the Butterworth Trail. Elizabeth will need to ride along a designated Richmond bike lane on Monroe Street to Quarry Webster connect with the paved paths between Leonard and Ann Streets. Myrtle

Crosby Alpine Leonard Butterworth Trail Leonard Completed in 2010, the Coldbrook Butterworth Trail derives its name Grand River 11th 131 from the old Butterworth landfill Seward Avenue Bikeway that is being restored as a natural area on the banks of the Grand 3

River. The best public access is at Seward 6th St Riverside Park 5th the Millennium Trailhead. You’ll 4 5 find another trail entrance on College Ave Butterworth Avenue, across from 196 196 John Ball Park, between the 45 Bridge St Michigan St Trail freeway overpass and the Coca-Cola y w Crescent F L bottling facility. Follow the paved path a rd k o Grand Rapids Edges Ottawa F e . r M R Lyon along the Grand River or Wealthy Street I d D al 6 r er Pearl G Lake Michigan Dr Rive

and cross over a restored railroad bridge Monroe GRAND Fountain Seward where you can enjoy spectacular views of VALLEY Fulton Grand Fulton the river and Grand Rapids skyline. John Ball Park Oaks Lexington Seward Avenue Bikeway Straight 196 Cherry

Completed in 2015, the 3.5-mile Seward Garfield Avenue Bikeway was developed to create a Butterworth Front St O Brien Wealthy Wealthy safe nonmotorized north-south route for Butterworth Ionia Trail Division cyclists and runners connecting Riverside 7 Park and the River Edges Trail on Ann Street to the Butterworth Trail and Kent Trails Trails Legend network on Wealthy Street. The Bikeway Paved Asphalt Trail Butterworth Market Connector Route Godfrey is a combination of dedicated bike lanes 131 Dedicated Bike Lane Under Development (sharrows) on Seward Avenue, paved bike Oxford paths on the northern section of the trail Proposed or Planned Trail Butterworth Highways and widened sidewalks along Ann Street. Grandville Roads The bikeway also includes a bicycle repair Curve St station and rental storage lockers on the 0 .5 1 ©2021 Rockford Advertising. Hall St corner of Lake Michigan Drive. All rights reserved. Miles

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