Cyclists and pedestrians can now safely move between Chattanooga’s North Shore and Moccasin Bend with the opening of a new greenway.
The Moccasin Bend Connector provides a nearly 1.5-mile paved pathway along Manufacturers and Hamm roads to facilitate travel to and from National Park Service trails in the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District. Prior to the greenway, the route had an element of danger for users due to the tractor-trailer traffic along the way.
“As an avid cyclist myself, I have ridden Manufacturers Road down to Moccasin Bend hospital many, many times over the years,” city Deputy Chief of Staff Darrin Ledford said at the official opening of the greenway Saturday. “And as we were standing on this beautiful new connector, watching the trucks go by, for the first time in my life, I felt like we finally had a safe path. So I think that’s worth celebrating.”
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