The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced ANOTHER bridge project that will occur over the Little Miami Scenic Trail - this time just west of Corwin. Ohio State Route 73 proceeds over the Little Miami River, Corwin Road, and the Little Miami Scenic Trail. This project calls for replacing the bridge over Corwin Road and the Little Miami Scenic Trail, near the junction with Smith Road, as well as rehabilitating the bridge over the Little Miami River, located just east of the intersection with U.S. 42.

The Ohio Department of Transportation has announced the start of a bridge project along US 42 in Greene County - including the bridge over the Little Miami Scenic Trail. According to the ODOT press release:

While the highway project for the Woodman Drive interchange with US 35 is continuing, the Creekside Trail has been re-opened.

As scheduled, the need for restricting use of the Creekside Trail beneath the Woodman Drive overpass has ended. The barriers on the trail and the signed detour through the neighborhood east of Woodman Drive have been taken down, and trail users may once again enjoy the Creekside Trail, and its easy connection between Beavercreek, Riverside and Dayton.

The Ohio Department of Transportation recently announced that the Peterson Road Bridge between Troy and Piqua will be closed starting on February 8, 2024. The closure will remain in effect through August 2024. This closure is needed to undertake a project to completely replace the Peterson Road Bridge over the Great Miami River.

Here's an important note: this bridge replacement project will NOT result in a closure or detour of the Great Miami River Trail.

Many trail users looking to explore a new (to them) section of the Miami Valley Trails, or looking to visit the Miami Valley Trails for the first time from another part of the country like to do advance planning using an interactive map. The Miami Valley Trails website has a map of the network on a static map, which, as has been communicated several time, some find to be difficult to use, and less informative than desired. The honest truth here is, building and maintaining a Google Maps level of interface would incur monthly fees from Google that were simply too high for our budget.

The Friends of Little Miami State Park and the Warren County Engineer's Office provided some great news in late December. Just in time for the New Year, the Little Miami Scenic Trail has been reopened at Grandin Road!

Clearing "flood mud" off the trail will be much easier after this project

Heading north as one approaches the underpass under Needmore Road on the Great Miami River Trail, you will pass a couple of signs...

Simon Kenton Pathfinders Upgrade Equipment

The Board of Directors of the Simon Kenton Pathfinders (SKP) recently invested in the future of the Simon Kenton Trail (3) by upgrading their mowing equipment. The SKP purchased from their maintenance funds a 2023 Ventrac Model 4520P tractor, to replace a similar 20-year-old piece of equipment. Cost of the new equipment was $27,700, purchased through a trail partner, Koenig Equipment in Urbana.

Continuing a theme, we're looking at how communities along the Miami Valley Trails are building connections to/from the trails to better connect their neighborhoods, parks, amenities, and destinations.

On Friday, October 20, 2023 the Miami Conservancy District and the University of Dayton jointly celebrated the installation of a new "storybook trail" along the Great Miami River Trail in Dayton. It was a blustery and misty afternoon, but that didn't dampen the spirits of the people that worked very hard to create the children's book, Into the River, and to transform it into the series of kiosks that unfold the story as one moves upriver along the trail. As can be seen in the picture above, the new features are on the trail near Jerome B.