Kansas City's Line Creek Trail soon to be 8 miles

Kansas City, Missouri, recently sent this update about the Line Creek Trail--an important regional connection and one of the first major north-south trails in Kansas City north: 

Line Creek Trail - photo credit Wes Minder, Line Creek Loudmouth

Line Creek Trail, a Platte County greenway for walkers and bicyclists that is nearing completion, has received two recent honors. The trail is owned and managed by the City of Kansas City, Mo., and the City of Riverside, Mo. This month it was awarded the 2014 Capstone Award for Infrastructure by the Kansas City Business Journal, and was named a finalist for Public Project of the Year by the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City.

When finished in mid-June, the Line Creek Trail will extend eight miles from the Missouri River north to Missouri Highway 152. About six miles currently are completed. The trail is a mostly 10-foot-wide concrete path that meanders through woods, two small waterfalls and an abandoned campground. A 2,000-foot segment follows the old Kansas City to St. Joe Interurban Railroad bed before winding around the banks of the former Drennon Lake.

The trail provides many helpful connections, including a spur that leads to the Line Creek Community Center and Ice Arena and the Kansas City Northern Railroad in Frank Vaydik Park. A Fixit bicycle service station equipped with an air pump and basic bicycle repair tools is available where the trail crosses 68th Street.

The trail starts at Homestead Park in Riverside just north of Vivion Road, and travels north to Platte Brook Drive. The final Kansas City segment between Barry Road and Platte Brooke Drive will be finished by the end of June. Parking is available at the Line Creek Community Center and at the trailhead at Waukomis Drive and Gower Road.

For more information about the trail, contact Wes Minder, manager of neighborhood design in Public Works, at 816-513-6977 or wes.minder@kcmo.org.

For more information about the City's Parks and Recreation Department, see www.kcparks.org or contact Heidi Downer at 816-513-7527 or heidi.downer@kcmo.org.

For more information about bicycling in Kansas City, see www.kcmo.gov/publicworks/bikekc or contact Deb Ridgway, bicycle and pedestrian coordinator at 816-513-2592 or deb.ridgway@kcmo.org.

The Line Creek Loudmouth blog has a good deal of information about trails in Kansas City north of the river.  Platte County Parks and Recreation has maps of the Line Creek Trail and other trails in the area.  BikeWalkKC has further details about planned trail expansion in the area.

Supporting a world-class bicycle, pedestrian, and trails network in Missouri is one of the key goals of our Vision for Bicycling and Walking in Missouri.  Your membership and support helps make our Vision become reality!