Lake Michigan bike path connects Illinois to Indiana and the Mitten

(Detroit Free Press) Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois residents will be able to explore all three states through a non-motorized bike path along the south shore of Lake Michigan — The Marquette Greenway Trail.

The new trail, largely funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation through a $17.8 million grant, will span 58 miles, connecting Michigan's downtown New Buffalo to Chicago's southeast side and providing safe access to a variety of lakefront destinations.

The trail will increase the quality of life and attract residents and visitors to the area, said Deputy Executive Director of the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission Marcy Hamilton. The Michigan portion of the trail is nearly four miles, from the Indiana State Line to downtown New Buffalo.

"Southwest Michigan is very dependent on tourism and so having a trail connecting Chicago and New Buffalo will definitely help with that and be a destination type trail that I think folks from all over would want to ride," Hamilton said. The trail will also benefit "the residents of southwest Michigan in terms of having a recreational facility long distance trail available to them. We don't have very many trails in Berrien County." ................(more)

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