New Trails Coming Soon to Durham

Attention Durham trail lovers! We’re excited to share the latest information on three trails – R. Kelly Bryant Bridge Trail, Third Fork Creek Extension Trail, and Downtown Durham Rail Trail - currently in design that we hope to open by 2025 and will add almost seven more miles to the City’s current 31-miles of greenway trail network. Visit our website for more information about Durham's existing greenways and trails.

The R. Kelly Bryant Bridge Trail is an approximately three-mile trail planned for southeastern/eastern Durham. The southern termini is the intersection of Dakota Street and NC/55 Alston Avenue and the northern termini is Drew/Granby Park on Drew Street. The Trail will connect and provide safe transportation and recreation between the existing Rocky Creek Greenway, Elmira Park, N.C. Central University, Burton Park, the McDougald Terrace neighborhood, Burton Elementary School, the R. Kelly Bryant Pedestrian Bridge over NC 147, E. Main Street, Angier Avenue, the Eastway Neighborhood, Eastway Elementary, and Long Meadow and East End Parks. Review the R. Kelly Bryant Bridge Trail Fact Sheet for more information including the project schedule and funding as well as a map.

The Third Fork Creek Extension Trail is an approximately two-mile trail planned for southern Durham. The southern termini is the existing Third Fork Creek Trail in Southern Boundaries Park and the northern termini is the existing American Tobacco Trail at the intersection of Fayetteville Street. The Trail will connect and provide safe transportation and recreation between Southern Boundaries Park, Weaver Street Recreation Center, the Weaver Street Neighborhood, the forested corridor between Weaver Street and Fayetteville Street, and businesses and bus stops in the Fayetteville Street employment and commercial corridor. Review the Third Fork Creek Extension Trail Fact Sheet for more information including the project schedule and funding as well as a map.

The Downtown Durham Rail Trail is an approximately two-mile trail planned for downtown Durham. The trail will connect and provide safe transportation and recreation between the Durham Station and Avondale Drive. This two-mile, 18-acre historic railway corridor travels through the heart of downtown Durham, the Durham Innovation District, the historic Pearl Mill neighborhood, the S. Ellerbe Restoration Project, and through the fringes of the Trinity Park and Duke Park neighborhoods to connect to the E. Trinity Avenue neighborhood and the Avondale Drive business/commercial area. Review the Downtown Durham Rail Trail Fact Sheet for more information including the project schedule and funding as well as a map. Important update regarding the funding gap noted on Fact Sheet - the City received a RAISE grant in late 2021 to reduce the funding gap.

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