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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

The newest bridge of Madison County

Madison County Transit is at it again. MCT has installed an overpass for the Schoolhouse Trail that will take the bicycle path over Illinois Route 162 between Maryville and Troy. Eventually, the Schoolhouse Trail will wind through Glen Carbon and Edwardsville and connect with several of the other trails that serve those two communities. You can read more about it in the Belleville News-Democrat and in The (Alton) Telegraph.

Wouldn't it be nice if St. Clair County or a community such as O'Fallon, Ill., could find a way to connect to the Schoolhouse Trail? There is unused railroad right of way that leads from O'Fallon to the Schoolhouse Trail near Maryville, and that would be a natural route for a bicycle trail.

Roger 0 comments 3:03 AM