Completed:

• The Michigan Street Road diet phase 1 & 2: Project completed. Includes Michigan Street from Holmes Avenue to White River Parkway West Drive.

In Construction:

• B&O Trail in Marion County (11/25/24) : Construction has begun in the Marion County section. When completed, this 3 mile section will complete the connection from the middle of Hendricks County to downtown Indianapolis. Nearly all of the tree clearing has been completed, the trail has been excavated from Raceway Road to Ringnecked Drive (approximately 3/4 of a mile) and gravel has been put down on that section. If the weather cooperates, this section can be paved with asphalt before winter. By sometime next summer, the whole project from Raceway Road to High School Road should be completed. Bids may be put in this winter for additional trail work in Hendricks County, including upgrades to the parking lot at County Road 500E to asphalt, a new trailhead in Maplewood (County Road 500N) and a short trail extention in the Maplewood area. Timeline (4/22/25)

  • 4/25: Morphey Construction plans on paving from High School Rd. to Raceway Rd. (Minus the Country Clugb Rd. Citizens Energy Project).

  • 5/25: Street crossing nodes, signs & finishing touches will be started.

  • 7/25: Citizens Energy Project to be finished so BOTA can build trail between Country Club Rd. and Ring Neck.

  • 9/25: Substantial completion of the 3 Mile Gap B&O Trail, High School Rd. to Raceway Rd.

• Nickel Plate Bridge over 96th St (11/25/24): Construction has begun. Projected opening date is Fall 2025.

• Henry Street Bridge (11/25/24): Construction has begun on phase 2 of the three-phase White River Innovation District project. (11/18/24) Finished constructing causeway across the White River.

  • (11/25/24): The White River Greenway (also known as the White River Trail or White River Wapahani Trail) is closed 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.

• 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.

• Nickel Plate Trail: Anticipated project completion by June 2025.

  • NICKEL PLATE TRAIL AND 82ND ST CLOSURE - INDIANAPOLIS PROJECT
    Starting April 7, a closure will be placed on 82nd Street between Craig Street and Castleton Road for Nickel Plate Trail construction. The closure is anticipated to be in place until April 15. Businesses in the area will remain accessible to the public. See detour map here. 

  • CURRENT WEEK’S ACTIVITIES (3/25/25):

    • Calumet will be adding riprap at 75th St on Tuesday around STR #40 end section (Northeast side of the 75th St. intersection) and around the headwall behind Veridian Apartments. Also, finishing riprap at 56th St. end section

    • 62nd St. added connector concrete poured Monday: node and sidewalk with bench pads coming from the trail on the Northwest side to the parking lot.

    • Calumet will pour bench pads prepared at 44th St, Steinmeier, and just south of 82nd St.

    • Morphey Construction working on signs and signal structures, Pouring foundations for poles on 56th, Kessler, 71st St. They are also running conduit under Craig & Masters Road.

    • James H. Drew on site all this week working on post and fence items: installing wood rail fence at 82nd St moving north

    • Monday Calumet is re-grading around the tree areas along 42nd St. in front of the School for the Deaf

    • ISB will be on site to install piano keys and grind out old piano keys/crosswalks at 62nd St. They may also add the broken white thru lane striping for Northbound Keystone traffic crossing Fall Creek.

    • ISB to set 2 week advance closure notices for 82nd St. closure

• 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:

• Pogue's Run Greenway: 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.

  • Phase 3 should begin in Spring of 2025.

• 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.