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The Glen Carbon Trail is an eight-mile oil and chip multi-use trail in Madison County, Illinois that connects Glen Carbon to Edwardsville. The trail connects to the MCT Nickel Plate Trail in Glen Carbon.
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| History: |
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The Glen Carbon Heritage Trail was dedicated to Ronald J. Foster Sr. in 1991 in recognition of his meritorious service to the Village of Glen Carbon as Trustee from 1965 to 1981 and Mayor 1981 to 2001. The Glen Carbon Heritage Trail was developed along the old abandoned Illinois Central railroad right-of-way, and it was one of the first 500 Rail-to-Trail conversions in the United States. The original three-mile Illinois Central passage was the first bike trail section to be encompassed by the "Heritage Trail" in 1991. The next trail section of five miles was added in 2003. |
Trailnet's
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Trailnet owns a four-mile rail corridor for future trail expansion and assisted the Village of Glen Carbon with planning and fund development for this project. |
| Partners: |
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* Village of Glen Carbon, Illinois
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Major
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* Village of Glen Carbon, Illinois
* Illinois Department of Natural Resources
* Pat Jones
* Metro East Park and Recreation District
* Madison County Transit
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Future
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A 3.5-mile extension of Glen Carbon trail is scheduled to be completed in the Fall of 2006. When that is complete, work will begin on a 1-mile extension to the Village of Marine, Illinois. A future MCT Schoolhouse Connector trail will also provide bike trail interconnection between the Heritage Trail, Edwardsville, Troy, Maryville, Collinsville, Horseshoe Lake State Park and Granite City via the MCT Old Schoolhouse Trail. |
| Contact: |
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Village of Glen Carbon, Illinois at 618/288-1200 |
