Bike Trails

Dubbed the “Yellowhammer Connector,” the new trail and bicycle and pedestrian bridge will connect campus to Madison County’s central bike trail. The name for the new trail comes from an early 20th-century streetcar corridor that ran near the new trail.

CEO Susan Trautman helped the public agency secure multiple funding streams and dramatically grew the organization’s staff.

The Madison County trail system consists of more than 135 miles of Class 1 bikeways. Here’s what to know about the trail projects in Edwardsville, Collinsville and nearby.

Newt the cat — who became a cultural phenomenon for the bikers, runners and walkers of the Nickel Plate Trail in Edwardsville — died over Memorial Day weekend. The news of the cat’s passing prompted hundreds of tributes.

Belleville's Parks and Recreation Department has scheduled the last ride, dubbed the Sunset Tour de Belleville, this coming June.

Students use their own bikes, and adult “bus drivers” lead and tail the group. After four Fridays this fall, organizers say they’ll continue the bike bus next spring with upper elementary students too.

Great Rivers Greenway’s Dallas Adams talks about Greenway Quest, an all-ages scavenger hunt for painted bee rocks hidden along St. Louis region greenways, and how the event activates ongoing greenway efforts.

The vision for a greenway along St. Louis’ central corridor has been around for decades, but the idea of connecting it with communities in north St. Louis is more recent.

Madison County Transit will spend a combined $45 million for the county’s bike trails and bus system. The county will add 20 miles of trails, two tunnels and seven bridges.

The 1.7-mile pathway will extend from Illinois Route 161 to Sullivan Drive in Belleville to Frank Scott-Parkway in Fairview Heights.