Southern Part of the American Tobacco Trail Closed as of June 11, 2012

Beginning June 11, the southern portion of Durham’s American Tobacco Trail will be closed for 13 months between N.C. Highway 54 southward to the Chatham County line. Trail parking on Fayetteville Road near New Hope Church will also be closed.  This portion of the trail is set to reopen by March 2013.  The new portion of the  trail going from N.C. Highway 54 to Renaissance Parkway and the bridge construction will be done by July 2013.

The project will include paving a 10-foot-wide asphalt path on 2.8 miles of existing trail; installing 1.4 miles of new trail, and installing a bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Interstate 40. The .7 mile section from Scott-King Road to the Chatham County line will have both a 10' wide asphalt section and an adjacecent 6' wide section with a granite screenings surface.

The trail is closed for your safety during construction. Please note that the trail will not be passable during this time period.

During construction trail users wanting to connect to or from the sections in Chatham and Wake Counties may want to look at this detour routing posted on Map My Rides https://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/73395606/