Alabama NewsCenter — Latest expansion of Red Rock Trail System strengthens connections among Birmingham, Alabama, neighborhoods

By Michael Sznajderman
Alabama NewsCenter Staff

Officials from the Birmingham area joined corporate and community leaders Friday to celebrate the latest extension of the Red Rock Trail System. The nonprofit behind the project is peering ahead to the next phases of a decades-long endeavor to create a 750-mile network of trails, bike lanes and sidewalks connecting all corners of Jefferson County.

Representatives of the Freshwater Land Trust, along with Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and other officials from the city, and the Jefferson County Department of Health, cut the ribbon on the final segment of the Hugh Kaul Trail that connects sections of the booming Avondale neighborhood. The addition of the segment means walkers and bikers can safely travel more than 3 miles on protected trails or sidewalks from Railroad Park in downtown Birmingham to the edge of the Crestwood neighborhood. Plans for the corridor extend the trail east to Woodlawn and on to Ruffner Mountain nature preserve.

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