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Also Known As The CHAIN
OF ROCKS BRIDGE
Vicinity
North
St. Louis County
Trail
Length
1.5
miles (paved). A new mountain bike trail is being built
and should be completed by the end of 2002.
Surface
Concrete
& Dirt for mountain biking when the new trail is
completed.
Also known as the Chain of Rocks Bridge connecting St.
Louis, Missouri, with Granite City, IL, the Route 66
Bikeway is a "highways to bikeways" project.
At one
time, this 1.1-mfle bridge was part of legendary U.S.
Route 66, which ran between Los Angeles, California, and
Chicago, Illinois. The bridge served automobile traffic
between 1929 and 1968. In 1967, the nearby Interstate
270 bridge opened to automobile traffic and the U.S.
Route 66 bridge was no longer needed. After closing for
thirty-two years, the bridge reopened in 1999 as the
Route 66 Bikeway. Today, all trail users can enjoy a
ride or stroll across the Mississippi River and a
wonderful view of the St. Louis City Skyline, whose
historic water intake towers look like little medieval
castles, and add to the Mississippi River's charm.
Eventually, this "highway-bikeway" will
connect to both the St. Louis Riverfront Trail in
Missouri and the proposed Metro East Bikeway in
Illinois.
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Map
of the new Chain of Rocks Mountain Bike trail
under construction. Click on the image to see a
much larger version. |
Parking
Parking
can be found along Riverview Drive in St. Louis near the
Route 66 Bikeway Entrance.
FOR MORE
INFORMATION:
Trailnet
Inc.
3900
Reavis Barracks Rd.
St. Louis, MO 63125
314-416-9930 or 618-874-8554
 www.trailnet.org
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