New 3 mile "Rail With Trail" from Chapman Hwy. to Ijams

New trail to help revitalize South Knoxville:

The path, named the G&O Trail for the railway, is set to extend from the old Kern's Bakery Building on Chapman Highway - just across the Henley Bridge from downtown Knoxville - to Ijams Nature Center's Meads Quarry, connecting it to the more than 40 miles of trails there in Knoxville's Urban Wilderness.

The three-mile trail will wind through parts of South Knoxville that stand to benefit.

"It's definitely a corridor that has been vacant and underdeveloped and under-utilized," she said. "What we're going to see is neighborhoods connected, businesses connected, businesses that incubate along the rail line because people will love to sit on a patio and bike from spot to spot."