Eastern Trail News and Alerts

New 2012 Eastern Trail Booklet Available

2012-01-09T05:00:00Z

Enjoy with friends and family for many (s)miles! Walk. Run. Ride. Peddle. Paddle. Tour. ...
Now available as a FREE download in PDF, our comprehensive 28-page booklet outlining each segment of our extensive on- and off-road trail network.

Eastern Trail Management District Notice To Contractors

2011-05-09T04:00:00Z

Sealed Bids addressed to the Eastern Trail Management District, c/o DeLuca-Hoffinan Associates, Inc. and endorsed on the wrapper "Bids for New Construction for Bike/Pedestrian Rail Trail in the City of Saco and Town of Old Orchard Beach will be received from contractors at the office of DeLuca-Hoffinan Associates, Inc., 778 Main Street, Suite 8, South Portland, Maine 04106, until 11 :00 o'clock A.M.

York residents map out bike, pedestrian access....

2010-06-29T04:00:00Z

Susan Morse, Portsmouth Herald, June 29, 2010
York, Maine - Imagine getting around York without a car, at noon, on a summer's day.

Kittery plans new sidewalks, traffic lights and more

2010-06-29T04:00:00Z

Deborah Mcdermott, Portsmouth Herald, June 29, 2010
Kittery, Maine - New sidewalks, pedestrian crosswalks and possibly traffic lights are expected to be constructed in the next year or so, some contingent on successful grant applications.

New Hampshire will save the Memorial Bridge

2010-05-07T04:00:00Z

Deborah Mcdermott - Portsmouth Herald
The state of New Hampshire is planning to build a new bridge to replace Memorial Bridge. Alone.

Memorial Bridge Project: Include shared-use paths

2010-03-24T04:00:00Z

Terrence Parker – To The Editor – Portsmouth Herald
The loss of federal funding for the 2008 design of the Memorial Bridge has allowed a pause in the design process that will benefit our community.

The Case for a Memorial Bridge with Shared-Use Paths

2010-03-18T04:00:00Z

Steven Workman, New Hampshire Seacoast Greenway, February 2010
A “green” paper comparison between the Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth, N.H. and the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland, Oregon.

Eastern Trail will link OOB, Saco by next fall

2010-02-25T05:00:00Z

Journal Tribune, December 3, 2009
A new way to travel between Saco and Old Orchard Beach is on track to open by fall 2010.

At last, a bridge to vault the Turnpike

2010-02-25T05:00:00Z

Portland Press Herald, October 20, 2009
In 2011, the Eastern Trail will get a long-awaited link in Kennebunk...

Eastern Trail work to go to bid this spring

2010-02-25T05:00:00Z

York Journal Tribune, November 23, 2009
A 4.4 mile stretch of the Eastern Trail that would connect Old Orchard Beach with Saco is expected to be completed next fall.

Eastern Trail bridge to cross Turnpike

2010-02-25T05:00:00Z

York Journal Tribune, November 3, 2009
Construction began in late October for the 6.2-mile stretch that will be the longest adjoining trail in the Eastern Trail Alliance's history.

Eastern Trail Bridge to Form Important Link in North-South Trail

2010-01-21T05:00:00Z

When the Maine Turnpike breaks ground on its 177th bridge next year, the occasion will mark the forging of a new link in a 3,000-mile network of pedestrian and bicycle trails that will one day connect more than 25 major cities along the eastern seaboard from Maine to Florida.

The Eastern Trail to Develop a Trail Map Web Site

2010-01-06T05:00:00Z

The Eastern Trail Management District has awarded Blackfly Interactive of Rollinsford, NH the contract to create a user friendly trail map web site of the Eastern Trail (ET). The web site, www.ETmap.org will be used to document the ET bicycle route from South Portland, Maine to Portsmouth, New Hampshire