The city of Clemson recently started construction on Phase I of the Green Crescent Trail after receiving funding from South Carolina.
The project broke ground in late February, and construction should take about six months, with estimated completion in late September.
The new trail will be about a mile and a half long, running from Gateway Park near the East Park-N-Ride on State Highway 93 to Clemson Elementary School by way of Clemson Park.
The city of Clemson recently started construction on Phase I of the Green Crescent Trail after receiving funding from South Carolina.
The project broke ground in late February, and construction should take about six months, with estimated completion in late September.
The new trail will be about a mile and a half long, running from Gateway Park near the East Park-N-Ride on State Highway 93 to Clemson Elementary School by way of Clemson Park, and is projected to cost under $575,000.
The new project is one of the first major developments of an effort underway since 2016 to bring a bike trail to Clemson, which eventually resulted in the 2021 city bikeways plan.
This new trail will connect to the new multiuse track being installed as a part of the University’s Perimeter Road upgrade via a path that was built as a part of the East Park-N-Ride. The system will provide increased pedestrian and bike access to the Botanical Gardens and the Clemson campus.
The trail will provide increased access to Gateway Park and Clemson Park, including the pump track. It will also offer increased pedestrian connectivity in the neighborhoods around the parks.
The route is relatively flat and accessible for bikes, skateboards, scooters and anything else that rolls under human power.
The state also funded another shorter section of trail in Central at the Central-Clemson Recreation Center.
The city’s extensive bikeways plan will continue to be implemented incrementally.

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Map of new and existing bike path segments along Phase I of the Green Crescent Trail. The new ones are being built as a part of the current construction.