Bicycle Transportation Program

Background

Once completed, the Ohio River Trail will span 23 miles along the north bank of the Ohio River from Coney Island through Downtown to Sayler Park. The trail will enhance quality of life, increase mobility and recreational opportunities, and support economic development. The trail will connect our neighborhoods to Downtown and the world-class Cincinnati Riverfront Park. It will also complete the connection from Downtown to the Little Miami Scenic Trail that will eventually extend to Lake Erie.

Several segments of the trail have already been completed:

• 0.5 miles along Mehring Way from Elm Street to Broadway Street
• 0.6 miles through T.M. Berry International Friendship Park
• 3.9 miles between Corbin Street and Salem Road
• 1 mile between Sutton Road and 4-mile Road (built by Anderson Township, a partner in the OTR) 

 

Status

The 2.2 mile Salem to Sutton segment of the Ohio River Trail will complete the gap between the existing trail that ends at Salem Road to the west, and the existing trail that ends at Sutton Road to the east.

The City hosted a public involvement meeting on June 15, 2015, and collected comments on four alternatives that were presented for the community to consider.  The preferred alignment is along the river-side of Kellogg Avenue.

Final construction drawings are expected to be complete by spring of 2018. Construction began in October 2019 and is expected to be completed in the winter of 2020.