In 1986 a resident of Eldon, Missouri, called the newly created Rails to Trails Conservancy to ask what it would take to turn ...

Cancel anytime. A 144-mile stretch of the former Rock Island rail line is set to be transferred to the state by the end of 2017 for eventual use as a bike trail, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said at a ...

IT'S A HOT DAY ON THE TRAIL AND CYCLIST JIM LLOYD IS TAKING A BREAK. >> IT'S A PLAN THAT HAS BUSINESSES ALONG THE NEWLY COMPLETED ROCK ISLAND TRAIL ... stand for a bike shop," said Jeff Robinson ...

Lawson gets some business from Katy Trail cyclists and is hoping for more once the Rock Island Trail is built ... wineries saw more trail patrons, and bike shops popped up in towns such as ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Missourians gathered outside the Capitol on Monday morning to go on a bike ride with their legislators ... Pedestrian, & Trail Day at the Capitol brought Reps.

ELDON — Chrysa Niewald has been fighting for the development of the Rock Island Trail since 2009. “I hope the trail is built so I can ride my bike on it and not my wheelchair,” Niewald said ...

A major milestone in extending the Rock Island Trail into central and eastern Missouri is quickly approaching.

It is connected to the larger state-maintained Rock Island Trail, which extends northwest another 26 miles from Alta to Toulon. The trail is named after the now-defunct railroad that once ran ...

Local and state-level stakeholders cut the ribbon in Gerald Saturday to mark the opening of one mile of the Rock Island Trail ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Discussion at a House Budget Commitee meeting this week signaled another year of delay for the proposed Rock Island Trail. "We're still hoping to hear conversations about it.