Cycleblackstone.com will be providing
detailed information about the Blackstone River Bikeway
including construction updates and special programs and
activities centered around the Bikeway.
Experience the Blackstone River Valley,
birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution -- an important
region of New England and America's heritage -- waiting to be
discovered one pedal at a time.
The Blackstone River Bikeway will ultimately
extend forty-eight miles from Providence, RI to Worcester, MA.
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.
When completed, the bike path project will result in a mostly
off-road alternative transportation facility passing through the
historic John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National
Heritage Corridor. The Blackstone Valley Bikeway will serve as
an alternate mode of
transportation
for commuters as well as the region's premiere multi-use
recreational facility. This bi-state linear State Park along the
Blackstone River will connect New England's second and third
largest cities and serve a population of more than 1 million.
The bikeway will link many of the Valley's significant natural
and historic features.
The bikeway is being developed thanks
largely to federal transportation funding. The cooperative
efforts of 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 Valley
communities, are making the bikeway a reality.
The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council is
sponsoring several tours centered around
the Bikeway. Enjoy the ride!
