Kinnickinnic River Trail

In 2001, the City of Milwaukee purchased an abandoned railway for the trail.[2] In October 2006, a meeting soliciting ideas for the trail was held.[3]

Construction was underway by June 2013.[4] On October 12, 2013, the trail was officially open.[5]

Following a 2020 grant, in 2022, the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works began the design process for improving the connections between the off-street sections of the trail and the trail itself with other nearby trails.[6]

From its northern terminus at Water Street and Pittsburgh Avenue, connecting with an on-street portion of the Hank Aaron State Trail, the trail travels southeast along Water Street as an on-street bike lane, then bends southwest with the street south of Bruce Street. At National Avenue, after crossing a railway, the trail becomes a two-way cycle track bordering the eastern side of Water Street. After a westward street crossing at Washington Street, the trail turns south and becomes a rail trail. This off-street portion of the trail continues until Maple Street, where, after crossing Kinnickinnic Avenue, the trail once again becomes an on-street bike lane headed south on 1st Street. After a street crossing at Lincoln Avenue, the trail once again becomes off-street, curving westward with the Kinnickinnic River until terminating at 6th Street south of Cleveland Avenue, where it connects with an on-street portion of the Oak Leaf Trail Kinnickinnic Line.[7]

As of 2022, the northern section of the trail sees over 108,000 users per year, and the southern section sees over 21,000.[8]