There is supposedly a plan to have a pedestrian bridge linking both sides of the river by the stadium just south of the Division Street Bridge. It is my thinking that it will one day become part of the off road route for the Blackstone River Bikeway linking India Point/East Bay Bike Path to the off road section in Cumberland. It presently uses the road network for much of it in CF, Pawtucket, and Providence. There is currently small off road sections in the three cities. The off road spur from India Point Park now ends near the Crook Pt RR bridge. Would think the state could easily get access rights through Blackstone Park, Butler Hospital campus and Swan Point Cemetery to extend it to Pawtucket. The West Bank of the river in Pawtucket runs through Riverside Cemetery, city owned recreational fields, and the Tidewater Landing site which I think could easily accommodate the bike path. Many conceptual drawings for Tidewater show a path between the stadium and River connecting to the proposed pedestrian bridge which is supposed to link new developments on both sides of the river. The path would then have to go under both the Division St and Rte 95 road bridges on the eastern side. The Apex site to the north of these road bridges is now owned by the city and I suspect the bike path might be planned to run through as part of its future development. Path would then use the Main Street road bridge which already has wide sidewalks. This would then link it to the existing off road bike path section that goes in and around the Slater Mill Historic Site and City Hall on the west bank. Given the city had been accumulating land to the north on the East bank by Tolman and Collette Travel, I suspect the path would use the Exchange Street Bridge and follow the river below Tolman. Would think the path will one day follow the river and perhaps have another pedestrian bridge taking it into CF near an existing off road section by Macomber Field. This then gets it close to the Broad Street Bridge by Cumberland within a few blocks of the existing 10+ mile off road section of the Blackstone River Bikeway that is the most used portion between Worcester and Providence.
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