Boggy Creek Trail In East Austin Completed

EAST AUSTIN, TX — Parks offficials on Tuesday celebrated the comletion of Boggy Creek Trail — the city's first dual-track trail yielding key connections to downtown, parks, transit and major attractions.

The trails runs from Rosewood Avenue to East 12th Street as a "...dedicated space for people walking and people rolling," officials wrote on Twitter. Located in East Austin, the trail is a project completed in partnership with the Parks and Recreation Department, Austin Public Works and Austin Transportation, officials said.

Boggy Creek trail system limits and overview

• The Boggy Creek Urban Trail extends from the Capital Metro MLK Jr. Station to Rosewood Ave; south of Rosewood Ave. the trail is composed of crushed granite.
• Capital Metro MLK Jr. Station to East 12th Street: an urban trail provides a comfortable space for people walking or biking to enjoy. This portion of Boggy Creek Trail opened to the public in July 2019.
• East 12th Street to Rosewood Ave: the urban trail becomes a dual-track trail, which allows for separation of people walking from people biking and using other wheeled devices. This portion of the trail opened to the public in Feb. 2021.
• The trail is part of two larger planned trail systems: the EastLink Trail and Red Line Trail. It is also part of Austin Transportation's All Ages and Abilities Bicycle Network.

Take a virtal tour of the trail here

Project background

• The Boggy Creek Trail is among several high priority projects recommended in the city’s 2014 Urban Trails Plan. The plan envisions 47 additional miles of high priority trails to be built over the next two decades.
• Funding for this project comes from the Local Mobility Program of the 2016 Mobility Bond

For one month starting next Tuesday, temporary signs will line the trail and tell visitors fun facts about the sights they see. View an interactive map and take a virtual tour of the Boggy Creek Trail to learn about the history of this East Austin Greenbelt.