The three bridges (south to north: Cross County Pkwy, Yonkers Av, Saw Mill
River Rd) have been paved.
The only orange netting blocking the trail is at a work site where the
trail crosses Tibbets Brook south of Tibbets Brook Park (Alan Shepard Pl &
Harrison Av). The rudimentary plank bridge is still in place, probably so
workers can cross the brook, and the condition of the netting suggests
everyone ignores it.
If the plank bridge is removed before then new bridge is useable, there's
an easy workaround: Harrison Av NORTH .2mi; Jervis Rd EAST .1mi; enter
Tibbets Brook Park through the gate at Sedgwick Av; about .2mi NORTH on
the paved path; WEST on the paved path across footbridge; and look for a
convenient spot (two have been paved) to rejoin the trail.
Same right-of-way: further north, in Mahopac, the trail no longer dumps
onto US6 .2mi south of Croton Falls Rd. The trail now continues to Croton
Falls Rd, about .1mi east of US6.
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:59:27 -0400, jk <kend99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:10:14 GMT, redbike9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
>
>> Yes, the newly paved trail does continue south of Barney St pretty much
>> on
>> the center line of the right-of-way where it ought to be. It crosses
>> what
>> the restaurant on Grey Oaks Av used for parking, continues to the east
>> of
>> the Executive Blvd jughandle, under the Odell Av bridge, over Saw Mill
>> River Rd (work in progress) and ends just south of Tuckahoe Rd.
>>
>> And yes, heading south on the trail, you probably saw orange nets
>> blocking
>> the paved trail south of Barney St. FWIW, the nets weren't there 2
weeks
>> ago. The nets (we've seen 'em in NYC in another context) can be, um,
>> avoided.
>
> They put up the netting a few days ago. They are building a wall
> along the embankment between the Trail and the parking lot you
> mentioned above. Pretty much the entire length of Gray Oaks Ave.
> They are using large pre-cast concrete block and are lifting them into
> place with a machine. They have the 1st net just north of where they
> are currently putting in the Block. They also have a 2nd net further
> south on the trail at Grayoaks Ave/Hearst St. This appears to be to
> deter people from heading south on Grayoaks Ave and turning left at
> Hearst to go back onto the trail in order to bypass the 1st net. I
> think this is because south of this point they are putting in heavy
> wood posts and rails for a fence. They started down near Odell and
> are working their way north towards the warehouses and construction
> yards.
>
>> So enjoy the trail, obviously being appropriately careful on the bridge
>> over Saw Mill River Rd where work hasn't yet been complete.
>
> They have also started work on the Saw Mill River Rd bridge. I think
> it will be very difficult, maybe impossible, to go between Barney and
> Toussant on weekdays during work hours for a while. They have a lot
> of machinery on the trail during these hours.
>
>
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