Downtown Orlando’s long-promised bike loop is one construction project closer to closing another gap.
The City of Orlando has broken ground on the Downtown Gap Trail, a new Washington Street segment that will add a sidewalk-level bicycle lane along the south side of the street, from Garland Avenue to Magnolia Avenue.
The work is part of the larger Downtown Loop, an 8.5-mile trail system meant to better connect downtown neighborhoods with existing trails like Gertrude’s Walk, the Orlando Urban Trail, Lake Underhill Path, Bumby Path, and Cady Way Trail.
City officials have been piecing the loop together through smaller trail and streetscape projects, including previous work along Gertrude’s Walk and the Downtown Connector Trail. This latest segment is designed to fill another gap in the system, giving riders and pedestrians a little more protected space to move through the urban core without playing Frogger with downtown traffic…