Completed:

• Indianapolis Cultural Trail Indiana Ave. and 10th Street Expansion is now open!

• Pogue’s Run Trail from 10th and Brookside Avenue to Olney St.

• The Michigan Street Road diet phase 1 & 2: Project completed. Includes Michigan Street from Holmes Avenue to White River Parkway West Drive streetscape project that narrows the roadway to one lane in each direction with on street parking, improved pedestrian access, and an off street bike path. 

In Construction:

• Henry Street Bridge: Construction is expected to begin on the Henry Street bridge over the White River next week (9/1/2024). This is phase 2 of the three-phase White River Innovation District project. In anticipation of the bridge construction, the White River Greenway (also known as the White River Trail or White River Wapahani Trail) will close between Kentucky Ave. and Washington Street on or after Tuesday, Sept. 3. The detour for bicyclists and pedestrians follows Washington Street, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail along Capitol Avenue, South Street, Missouri Street, McCarty Street and Kentucky Avenue. South White River Parkway will also close between Washington Street and Oliver Avenue again beginning on or after Tuesday, September 3. That detour follows Harding Street. More information about the White River Innovation District is available at wridinfrastructure.com. A map of the detour can be found below and by clicking here.

• Lawrence Township Multi-use Trail: Paving has started on the new 1.2 mile shared-use trail extension along Lee Road (59th to 63rd) and 63rd Street (Lee Road to Winona Drive). This project will enhance connectivity between Fort Harrison State Park, Lee Road Park, Forest Glen Elementary, Ivy Tech, and local businesses around Fort Ben. 

• Southeastern Ave. Corridor Multi-use Trail:  This multimodal trail broke ground along Southeastern Avenue from East Washington to Leeds Avenue connecting Washington Street to Leeds Avenue. The trail will be just over one mile long and will be located on the north side of Southeastern Avenue. There is a hold on construction until the utilities are completed. Construction anticipated to resume by the end of the month (9/24). This project is expected to be complete by the end of the year, weather permitting.

• E. Michigan St. & E. New York St, from College Avenue to Ellenberger Park are being converted for 2-way traffic, including an extending curb-protected cycle track the entire length; Westbound on Michigan St and Eastbound on New York St. Portions will include landscaped buffers where space allows, but all will include curb separation except for gaps left for drainage and driveways. Additionally, segments of Highland and Dorman will be branded as Neighborway, with associated wayfinding between Market St and 10th St. Work has been moving along. No significant updates. Project is expected to be complete in 2025.

• 22nd St Cycle Track: Installing a cycle track along 22nd St. between A.J. Brown Ave and Capital Avenue. This project is predominantly completed. The bike facilities have been completed, minus an area at Central Ave and 22nd due to the Construction of the apartments that have that area blocked. This area should be complete by mid-November. There is some minor work being added to the contract to improve pedestrian crossing at 5 select alley approaches.

• West Morris Street Revitalization from Eagle Creek to Harding Street includes a multi-use trail. 

  • Project is under construction and moving along. No significant updates to note. Completion of project still expected by Q4 of this year.

• Nickel Plate Trail: Anticipated project completion by Spring 2025. 46th Street and 56th Street to be re-opened to traffic next week (9/9/24). The next street closing will be 87th Street from Masters east to just past the former railroad crossing. This is expected to close on September 9th.

  • More info can be found on our website: https://www.indy.gov/activity/nickel-plate-trail-gt-06-001

• Pogue's Run Greenway: Phases two and three are now under construction. Phase 2 will start at Commerce and Brookside N Dr, continue east through Spade Park and Brookside Park and end at 21st & Olney. Phase 3 will include a new portion of the trail that continues north on Olney and east on 21st St to connect to the Pogue's Run Art & Nature Park.

  • Anticipated project completion by the end of October, which will conclude Phase 2 of this project. At this time, Phase 3 should begin in Spring of 2025.

• The 30th St. bridge over White River is still closed. Work has been halted while DPW & INDOT work through a constructability issue regarding the delivered bridge materials. Work will resume after next steps have been determined.

• Eagle Creek Greenway - Phase B1: New terrain greenway from the intersection of Dandy Trail & Oceanline Drive to US 136 (Crawfordsville Rd). Construction has just started and is scheduled to be completed summer 2026.

In Design:

• 16 Tech bridge: Prep work began that cause closures on the existing white river trail and the wilderness trail below. 

• Pleasant Run Trail – Phases 1-3: in design to add two new trail segments on Bluff Road (Troy Ave-Raymond St.) and Pleasant Run Pkwy N Dr. (Bluff Rd. to Conservatory Dr.) as well as pavement rehabilitation, signage and pavement markings for existing trail from Garfield Park to Ellenberger Park. 

  • Phase 1: Design is now finished. We currently have the project set to bid by end of September. Latest construction timeline estimates are for 2025 construction.

  • Phase 2- 3: Currently at 90% design completion for the trail rehabilitation scope. Recently a decision was made to include two pedestrian bridge replacements with this project. These two ped bridges (one just north of Raymond St that spans the creek and the other at Ellenberger park) are vital connections to the trail and are currently in very poor condition, so it was seen as necessary to replace/fix them in conjunction with the project.  The revised project schedule has opening bids in October 2024 and beginning construction in Spring 2025.  Construction time for this project is estimated at spanning the 2025 construction season.

• The 29th Street and 30th Street two-way conversion is in design and includes a combination of a multi-use path, neighborway, and cycle track primarily along 30th Street. The route will connect the White River Trail to future AJ Brown Trail. Along the way it will also provide connections to the Riverside Promenade Trail, Canal Towpath, Illinois/Capitol bike lanes, RedLine BRT, Fall Creek Trail, and the Monon Trail, as well as various points of interests such as Riverside Park, schools, and the Children’s Museum. It will bid in July 2024 with work beginning Fall 2024 and throughout 2025.  

• Eagle Creek Greenway Phase 2a – in design for 2024 construction. Project is bidding in March 2024 for an anticipated 2024-2025 construction.

• Eagle Creek Phases 2b and 2c – awarded funding from Indianapolis MPO in the FY 2026 call for projects. Still in some of the funding stage. Some early design work underway and scheduled for 2025-2026 construction.

• Interurban Trail – Ray St to Pleasant Run greenway – in design for 2025 construction.

• Madison Ave from Pleasant Run Pkwy to Ray St: Remains in design. Has reached 60% mark. Set for possible 2025-2026 construction

• Madison Ave from Martin to Hanna Ave: Design anticipated to start soon. Looking towards a 2026-2027 construction window.

• Madison Ave from Pleasant Run Pkwy to Martin St: Very early project. Design anticipated to start summer of 2024. Funding received for this stretch of road, meaning that Ray Street to Hanna Avenue road diet along Madison has been funded. Find out more here.

• Monon/Pogue’s connector – connection between Pogue’s Run Trail and Monon Trail through Martindale-Brightwood is in design. 

• Grassy Creek Greenway – in design for east/west portion from Mitthoeffer to Carroll Rd. with an estimated 2025 construction.

• Monon Trail widening phase 2: Design phase has reached 90%. Construction is still scheduled for 2025.  

• Fall Creek Greenway Extension: City of Lawrence was awarded a $5 million grant from the Department of Natural Resources as part of the fourth round of the Next Level Trails program to be used to create a 1.83 mile trail extending Fall Creek Greenway and connecting Lawrence and Indianapolis. This new trail will be a paved multi-use path and will include a section of boardwalk connecting 63rd Street and Lee Road to 71st Street and Fall Creek Parkway to the Upper Fall Creek Loop Trail. Along 63rd Street, the new trail will connect to a Round 3 Next Level Trails project that connects Forest Glen Elementary School and Fall Creek Valley Middle School and residential areas.

  • Anticipated completion of this project is scheduled for Fall of 2025.