Mar '21 Indy Upgrades Pleasant Run Trail & Completes Pennsy Trail
Mar '21 Round 2 Next Level Trails Grants Go to 2 NRHT Trails
Jan '21 Indiana to Resume Next Level Trails Grant Program
Nov '20 Vigo County Causeway Trail Construction Progressing
Oct '20 Indy Greenways New 1.7 Miles of Pennsy Trail
Oct '20 Airport Loop Bike Ride Event a Success for Indy West Side
Mar '20 Monthly NRHT, Inc. Bike Rides Planned for 2020

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March 2021
Indy Upgrades Pleasant Run Trail & Completes Pennsy Trail: 

This winter, Indianapolis DPW completed upgrades on 3 sections of the Pleasant Run Trail and completed another 2-mile extension of the Pennsy Trail to connect with Cumberland's Pennsy Trail.  This final section of Pennsy Trail in Indianapolis results in a 17.6-mile long continuous section of cross-state NRHT now open from western Hancock County to the Indianapolis Zoo in downtown (see map).


The Pleasant Run Trail upgrades rerouted about 1 mile of trail to improve separation from motor vehicle traffic and facilitate trail user navigation along the meandering greenway trail route.  The newest section of Pennsy Trail reclaimed a route through urban development that required and also benefits from creative routing and terrain changes not typical of a rail-trail.

Pennsy Trail

March 2021
Round 2 Next Level Trails Grants Go to 2 NRHT Trails: 

January 2021
Indiana to Resume Next Level Trails Grant Program: 

November 2020
Vigo County Causeway Trail Construction Progressing: 

Construction work has been progressing on the 1.1-mile causeway trail that will be a raised concrete boardwalk-style trail along the south side of the US 150 causeway to connect the trails of Terre Haute and West Terre Haute adjacent to the Wabashiki Fish & Wildlife Preserve.  (Indiana Economic Digest story link)  Because of the space needed for the heavy equipment involved in this trail construction, the 4-lane US 150 has been temporarily reduced to 2 lanes as shown in the photo below.  This trail segment is scheduled for completion in October 2021, filling the gap between the current trails shown in blue in the map below.

Causeway trail construction in process along US 150


New causeway trail will connect the "A" points on this map, excerpted from the overall cross-state NRHT interactive map.

October 2020
Indy Greenways Opens New 1.7 Miles of Pennsy Trail: 

This is part of a 3.7-mile extension project, the rest of which will complete the trail connection to Cumberland's Pennsy Trail in 2021.

Oct 2020
Airport Loop Bike Ride Event a Success for Indy West Side: 

On October 3, the White Lick Creek & Vandalia Trail Alliance held its 2nd annual fundraising bike ride, this year called the Airport Loop Bike Ride around the Indianapolis International Airport.  110 participants came out for the event, including 90 cyclists on 20, 10, & 5-mile routes and 20 hikers and 12 sponsors supported the event with generous donations and on-site displays.  All enjoyed the nice cool, sunny weather during the tour around the airport's perimeter roads.

It was very good to see such strong support for development of the White Lick Creek Greenway and Vandalia Trail bike/pedestrian facilities in western Indianapolis to connect to Plainfield and west, Avon area and north, and east into Indianapolis. Many thanks to the Indianapolis Airport Authority for offering their roads and generous planning support and sponsorship for the event and for their police force's very effective help escorting and providing traffic security at key intersections for the large group of cyclists spread out around their facility. Also, a big thanks to the Bridgeport Central Baptist Church for making their nice parking lot and facilities available as the ideal staging point for the event.

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