West Ellerbe Creek Trail

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Connections

• Northeast: Ellerbe Creek Trail (eventually)
• Southwest: Hillandale Golf Course

Sections

• existing:
  • south-southwest: Hillandale Golf Course / Indian Trail Park
  • north-northeast to Westover Park (Maryland Avenue) (listing)
• to be built: from Westover Park (between Guess Road and Maryland Ave.), under I-85 and ending at Ellerbe Creek Trail on Stadium Drive
  • tunnel under I-85 exists
  • right-of-way along West Ellerbe Creek has already been acquired
  • design phase complete, but no funding for construction as of 2010-07-15

About

The West Ellerbe Creek Trail is a bicycle/pedestrian trail that currently runs from Hillandale Golf Course / Indian Trail Park (Perennial Drive) east-northeast along West Ellerbe Creek to Westover Park (Maryland Avenue) in Durham, NC.

A longer section continuing along the creek through Westover Park, across Guess Road, under I-85, and connecting with the main Ellerbe Creek Trail has been designed but not yet built. It will run through a tunnel under I-85 which was built during highway widening circa 2005 and using already-acquired right-of-way along the creek.

News

• 2014-02-11 Durham greenway could be condemnation bound: "...the owners of the Bed, Bath and Beyond shopping center and Costco land already donated easements, back in the 1990s. The catch is, since then the creek has meandered to a new course and the old easements are now in buffer zones where new water-quality rules prohibit any construction."
• 2007-06-06 Act now: Help connect the North-South & W. Ellerbe Creek Greenways