tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post8792880042438779677..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Reaction to Winter-Maple Bikeway Revealing in LanguageSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-26114414429138886622018-04-10T21:06:43.571-07:002018-04-10T21:06:43.571-07:00Some years ago there was an effort to convert the ...Some years ago there was an effort to convert the old Geer railroad line to a bike trail. It ran from Silverton to Dallas. The plan fizzled due to many factors, but a big one was the closing of the underpass at I-5. However, remnants of the old railroad right of way still exists. I was wondering if anyone has looked into how it might be used to create a bike corridor.<br /><br />In the area of Geer Park there is some vacant land that goes up to State Street past the prison, gets obscured for s short ways, but then it is seen as Simpson Street near 25th and can be traced all the way to 12th Street. If connected to Union Street it could then continue all the way to West Salem.<br /><br />On the other side of I-5, the abandoned railroad still runs through the neighborhoods of County part of the East Salem Area to Cordon Road and beyond. I think it still goes to Silverton. <br /><br /><br /><br />Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.com