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One of Indiana's biggest challenges to trail development is also one of its best assets -- the abundance of prime farmland and rural vistas. Trails such as the Pumpkinvine Trail in Elkhart County are gently breaking barriers and offering quiet, comfortable rides out into green horizons between towns. As more people get their first taste of a ride down a greenway, more ways to get them built come about. The Pumpkinvine patiently weaves around farm perimeters and along county roads in places where its original railbed was removed.
The Salomon Farm Park trail loop in Fort Wayne uses a short stretch
of rail-trail and passes the new Parkview
Family YMCA. The rail-trail portion is part of a
long-term plan to connect Fort Wayne and two counties to the north,
although the segment makes no connections yet. Fort Wayne
was one of a handful of Indiana cities that submitted projects toward
the federal stimulus bill, and included in its list were over a
dozen trail projects ready for
construction. The bill promises to lend about $10 million
toward Indiana trail projects.
Years of waiting for their own Monon
Trail to open came to an early end for these Westfield residents,
who took advantage of the fresh pavement and warm fall weather to
explore this quiet, tree-lined path just north of 146th Street. Northward
development of the trail is expected to reach 161st Street in the
coming months and eventually reach to Sheridan.
Hoosiers on the Move, the Indiana State Trails
Plan, is now online.
The National Road Heritage Trail development
guide is now online. The NRHT is a propsed 150-mile
multi-use path across Indiana, from Terre Haute to Richmond.
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