Contributions Our Roots & Our Vision Statewide Trails Detroit Greenways
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If you would like a copy of the state trails map and directory, please please directory, and map trails state the of copy a like would you If attractions. ail-side tr other and hotels, restaurants, make up Detroit’s working industrial spine industrial working Detroit’s up make best/notable: Bakeries and restaurants of West Vernor; 4 parks—Patton, Lapeer, Weiss, and Clark—with Clark—with and Weiss, Lapeer, parks—Patton, 4 Vernor; West of restaurants and Bakeries Finder, an online searchable database at the MTGA website to plan your trails trip. The site also includes links to to links includes also site The trip. trails your plan to website MTGA the at database searchable online an Finder, best/notable: best/notable: Links between both well-loved and undiscovered neighborhood places in communities that that communities in places neighborhood undiscovered and well-loved both between Links ethnic business district of West Vernor to connect with Detroit’s West RiverWalk West Detroit’s with connect to Vernor West of district business ethnic Alliance website (http://www.michigantrails.org/) for links to individual trail websites. Also visit the Michigan Trails Trails Michigan the visit Also websites. trail individual to links for (http://www.michigantrails.org/) website Alliance Southwest Detroit Greenway Detroit Southwest future work: work: future Continuous link from the historic Fort Street Bascule Bridge through the vibrant multi- vibrant the through Bridge Bascule Street Fort historic the from link Continuous To obtain information on any of the existing trailways shown on this map, visit the Michigan Trails and Greenways Greenways and Trails Michigan the visit map, this on shown trailways existing the of any on information obtain To future work: work: future Building the greenway and its connections to the Downriver Linked Greenways and the the and Greenways Linked Downriver the to connections its and greenway the Building Park Map courtesyofMTGA completed: completed: Concepts and plans for the 2.5 mile segment along Fort Street Fort along segment mile 2.5 the for plans and Concepts completed: Link between southwest Detroit’s 81-acre Patton Park and southeast Dearborn’s Lapeer Lapeer Dearborn’s southeast and Park Patton 81-acre Detroit’s southwest between Link connects: Detroit’s “zip code 48217” communities and their downriver neighbors downriver their and communities 48217” code “zip Detroit’s connects: connects: 3 parks, historic Woodmere Cemetery, and the West Vernor-Springwells Business District Business Vernor-Springwells West the and Cemetery, Woodmere historic parks, 3 length: length: 2.5 miles from the Fort Street Bridge over the Rouge River to Outer Drive Outer to River Rouge the over Bridge Street Fort the from miles 2.5 length: length: miles 3 J E Downriver Delta Greenways Delta Downriver Southwest Detroit Greenway Detroit Southwest Graphic courtesyofwww.detroitmidtown.com Arbor Ann Photo courtesyofJJR, neighborhood and community connections community and neighborhood resource, the Detroit River; public access to connected spaces and places along the riverfront; riverfront; the along places and spaces connected to access public River; Detroit the resource, best/notable: Public spaces for Detroit riverfront activities and celebrations; public access to a natural natural a to access public celebrations; and activities riverfront Detroit for spaces Public Ambassador Bridge to the Mac Arthur (Belle Isle) Bridge Isle) (Belle Arthur Mac the to Bridge Ambassador future work: future Obtaining land control for development of a continuous and accessible RiverWalk from the the from RiverWalk accessible and continuous a of development for control land Obtaining Museum, or Museum of African American History American African of Museum or Museum, Historical Detroit Center, Science segment in Gabriel Richard Park with a plaza and pavilion at the Mac Arthur (Belle Isle) Bridge Isle) (Belle Arthur Mac the at pavilion and plaza a with Park Richard Gabriel in segment best/notable: best/notable: Ride your bike (and park it!) at the Detroit Public Library, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Detroit Arts, of Institute Detroit Library, Public Detroit the at it!) park (and bike your Ride including a plaza and pavilion; a segment from Stroh River Place through Mt. Elliott Park; and a a and Park; Elliott Mt. through Place River Stroh from segment a pavilion; and plaza a including future work: work: future Links between New Center, Downtown, and the River the and Downtown, Center, New between Links completed: completed: 2.7 miles of East RiverWalk: a segment from Joe Louis Arena/Civic Center to Rivard Street, Street, Rivard to Center Arena/Civic Louis Joe from segment a RiverWalk: East of miles 2.7 completed: completed: Plan for the Midtown Loop Greenway Loop Midtown the for Plan connects: connects: Gabriel Richard Park at Mac Arthur (Belle Isle) Bridge to Riverside Park at the Ambassador Bridge Ambassador the at Park Riverside to Bridge Isle) (Belle Arthur Mac at Park Richard Gabriel connects: connects: Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center, and the Cultural Center Cultural the and Center, Medical Detroit University, State Wayne length: 5.5 miles of RiverWalk along the Detroit River Detroit the along RiverWalk of miles 5.5 length: length: 2 mile loop through Detroit’s Cultural Center Cultural Detroit’s through loop mile 2 I D Detroit RiverWalk Detroit Midtown Loop Greenway Loop Midtown connectivity to the new urban state park and the riverfront the and park state urban new the to connectivity best/notable: Fascinating unsolicited urban art; addition of light rail possibility; accessibility and and accessibility possibility; rail light of addition art; urban unsolicited Fascinating way between Eliza Howell Park and Stoepel Park #4. Park Stoepel and Park Howell Eliza between way Loop Midtown the and best/notable: Provides an important neighborhood connection with several pocket parks along the the along parks pocket several with connection neighborhood important an Provides future work: future Connections from the RiverWalk and Tri-Centennial State Park to Eastern Market, Hamtramck, Hamtramck, Market, Eastern to Park State Tri-Centennial and RiverWalk the from Connections future work: future Building the park-to-park connection park-to-park the Building completed: completed: oit riverfront to Gratiot Avenue Gratiot to riverfront oit Detr from segment rail-to-trail miles 1.2 completed: completed: Concept for the park-to-park connection park-to-park the for Concept connects: connects: Detroit riverfront and downtown to Eastern Market and Midtown and Market Eastern to downtown and riverfront Detroit connects: Eliza Howell Park and Stoepel Park Stoepel and Park Howell Eliza length: length: 2 miles from the Detroit River to Mack Avenue Mack to River Detroit the from miles 2 length: length: 1.5 miles on Lyndon Avenue in Detroit’s Brightmoor community Brightmoor Detroit’s in Avenue Lyndon on miles 1.5 C H Dequindre Cut Greenway Cut Dequindre Lyndon Greenway Lyndon Photo courtesyofDonnaEricksonConsulting Corktown Historic District; Most Holy Trinity Church; Workers Row House Row Workers Church; Trinity Holy Most District; Historic Corktown St.. Anne’s Church; Mexicantown restaurants; restaurants; Mexicantown Church; Anne’s St.. historic neighborhoods; vibrant most Detroit’s best/notable: Walkable, bikeable distances to book stores, pubs, sandwich shops, and taquerías in 2 of of 2 in taquerías and shops, sandwich pubs, stores, book to distances bikeable Walkable, accommodations for bicyclists, and a bike lane passing through Old Tiger Stadium interior park interior Stadium Tiger Old through passing lane bike a and bicyclists, for accommodations improvements to Roosevelt Park that include a bike lane around the park and other other and park the around lane bike a include that Park Roosevelt to improvements connection of many greenway segments greenway many of connection future work: future Extending the W. Vernor route from 21st Street straight through to Roosevelt Park, Park, Roosevelt to through straight Street 21st from route Vernor W. the Extending best/notable: best/notable: c with a comprehensive comprehensive a with c traffi vehicle from separated completely pathway of Miles completed: completed: Plan for comprehensive neighborhood greenlink neighborhood comprehensive for Plan future work: work: future Connections between Detroit’s new and planned greenways to complete the circle the complete to greenways planned and new Detroit’s between Connections direct paths (Rosa Parks Boulevard, West Grand Boulevard, and Sixth Street) Sixth and Boulevard, Grand West Boulevard, Parks (Rosa paths direct segment Dean Savage Park, Muliette Park, and Stanton park; neighborhoods to the West Riverfront via 3 3 via Riverfront West the to neighborhoods park; Stanton and Park, Muliette Park, Savage Dean completed: completed: Dequindre Cut segment, Detroit RiverWalk segment, Southwest Detroit Greenway Greenway Detroit Southwest segment, RiverWalk