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East Bay Bike Path

Paved - open for public use

Supplementary Information

Historic Railroad Mileage Chart

Italics = not part of Rail-trail

Warren Bike Path

MA Border to East Bay Bike Path in Warren - 2 miles - unimproved RR Right-of-way.

A portion of this right-of-way may still be privately owned!

Historic Railroad Mileage Chart

Italics = not part of Rail-trail
[brackets] = point added by Webmaster

Mileage charts from article #26 of The Rail Lines of Southern New England by Ronald Dale Karr, published by Branch Line Press in 1995

The East Bay Bike Path is a trail that has been open for use for 14 years. It is well maintained and well used.

<Sue Barker [[email protected]] April 19, 2001 9:24 AM>

The following sections of Rail-trail will be part of an alternate route of the East Coast Greenway, a multi-use trail that is planned from Maine to Florida:

• Warren Bike Path - (MA State Line to Warren (ECG Section RI-8) - planned

• East Bay Bike Path - Warren to East Providence (ECG Section RI-9) - currently open

The East Coast Greenway has recently been selected as one of 15 trails for designation as a Millenium Trail, which should be very helpful in focusing public attention on all of the component trail projects.

Repairs to the East Bay Bike Path

Current information is posted to the Bike RI Construction Update Web Page at the RI-DOT Web Site! 

Connections to other Rail-trails:

The East Bay Bike Path ends at India Point Park where it connects directly to the temporary On-Road Bike Route for the Blackstone River Bikeway.

There is no temporary On-Road Bike Route to the beginning of the Cranston Greenway (part of the Washington Secondary Bicycle Path). However, the following Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Bus routes can be used to leapfrog the gap that begins at from the East Street Pedestrian overpass of I-195 to India Point Park:

• Route 34 (East Providence) from East & Wickendon (near pedestrian overpass to India Point Park) to Kennedy Plaza (daily)
• Route 31 (Cranston St) from Kennedy Plaza to Howard St. (daily)

Books about the Trail:

A 14.5 mile section of the Trail from East Providence (Riverside) to Bristol (Independence Park) is described in section 23 of  the Official Rails-to-Trails Conservancy New England Guidebook by Cynthia Mascott published in 2000 by Globe Pequot Press. This trail listing contains a photograph, historical description, trail head directions and parking, a trail map, trail details, a local trail manager contact, and much more. 

The East Bay Bike Path is described in Great Rail Trails of the Northeast by Craig Della Penna. The information includes a historical background of the trail as well as a detailed description keyed to bicycle odometer readings from the author's in person trip down the trail. This book is out-of-print, but many bookstores still have copies for sale.

Intercity Transportation Connections at Providence

See the corresponding section for the Washington Secondary Bicycle Path.

 Local transit to the rail-trail

• Rhode Island Public Transit Authority. All city busses have bike racks on a seasonal basis!
  • Route 34 (East Providence) operates on a daily basis from Kennedy Plaza in Providence
    • stops at East & Wickendon a short distance north of the Pedestrian Overpass of I-195 to India Point Park
    • stops at Burgess and Warren near the east end of the I-195 Bridge
  • Route 32 (West Barrington) operates on a daily basis from Kennedy Plaza in Providence
    • stops on Burgess between Warren and Fort near the east end of the I-195 Bridge
    • stops near Bradley Hospital
    • stops near Met. Park crossing
    • stops near Bay Spring crossing
  • Route 33 (Riverside) operates on a daily basis from Kennedy Plaza in Providence
    • stops near Bradley Hospital
    • parallels the trail on Bullock Point Ave
    • stops near Crescent View crossing
  • Route 60 (Newport-Providence) operates on a daily basis from Kennedy Plaza in Providence to Newport Gateway Center.
    •  parallels the trail on Route 114 from County Road crossing in Barrington to the end of the trail in Bristol.

Newspaper articles about the Trail

• East Bay Bicycle Path rolling toward a tune-up this fall (5.31.2001 00:05 - Journal)
  No longer will arms jiggle and bicycles shake riding over portions of the East Bay Bicycle Path.

• Frugal Traveler Visits Rhode Island's East Bay Bike Path (September 3, 2000 - The New York Times)

Railroad Abandonment Summary

Railroad History

A brief history of the Providence, Warren & Bristol RR was published as article #26 in The Rail Lines of Southern New England by Ronald Dale Karr, published by Branch Line Press in 1995.

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