BikeDFW’s Cottonwood Trail Update
Cottonwood Trail photo courtesy of BikeDFW
I love anything bike trail related so I have to mention Marc Mumby’s Cottonwood Trail update, “Navigating The High Five on a Bicycle“, over at BikeDFW. The article is well written, nicely formatted, it has several quality photos that give you a good sense of what’s going on. It’s an informative article and well worth the read.
This is one trail that I am becoming increasingly impatient to see finished.
Cottonwood Trail photo courtesy of BikeDFW
Seems like Hubbard and I were on it a few years ago, after they had finished the sections that goes under the freeways. So I feel like I’ve been waiting ages. But I can see the progress daily when I drive by on Central.
The Cottonwood Trail will be strategic bike trail for the far north Dallas corridor because it will connect Preston Ridge and White Rock Creek trails, allows safe passage under LBJ and Central and sports a DART rail station.
So drop by the BikeDFW site to get the latest.
Cottonwood Trail map
It is so good to see the various trails start to connect to become a system! I can’t wait for the Cottonwood Trail to open, the Santa Fe, and then eventually, the Northaven Trail. While I am comfortable riding streets and roads, I like having trail alternatives also!
A successful bicycle transportation environment depends on all types of facilities and access.
Hopefully, in addition to building new trails, the City of Dallas, and others in the area, will work to maintain the ones they have — especially the White Rock Trail.
Warren, as the Cottonwood Trails nears completion I’m starting to wonder what has to take place to get the Cottonbelt Trail funded. That would give us an a strategic east/west link between Richardson and Addison, not only linking two major employment centers in far north Dallas, but it would also provide a needed intersection with the Preston Ridge Trail near McCallum. This would make bike commuting north or south on our trail system much easier for our friends in Richardson and Addison.
But yeah, I cannot wait for the Cottonwood Trail to be finished! Oh, and the last time I rode at White Rock the trails there looked pristine.