Family enjoying Blackstone River Bikeway

The Blackstone River Bikeway
One of the most exciting projects currently underway in the Heritage Corridor is the construction of the Blackstone River Bikeway. When completed, this bikeway will extend forty-eight miles from downtown Worcester, MA to India Point Park in Providence, RI. From there it will connect with the existing East Bay Bikepath and continue on to Bristol, RI.

The bikeway will serve as an alternate mode of transportation for commuters as well as the region's premiere recreational bicycle facility, connecting New England's second and third largest cities serving a population of more than 1 million.

Currently, 10 miles of bike path are open to the public in Central Falls, Lincoln, & Cumberland, RI. An additional 2.5 miles of bikeway are complete in Worcester and Millbury, MA.

The Bikeway is being constructed thanks largely to U.S. Department of Transportation funding. Other partners include: the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Massachusetts Highway Department, and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation with support from communities up and down the Blackstone Valley.

For more information on the Blackstone River Bikeway, including maps and construction updates, please visit: www.blackstoneriverbikeway.com.

For information on the volunteer Bikeway Patrol, please visit:
www.blackstonebikewaypatrol.org/