Thanks for the suggestion. I will try to remember that the next time I go for a ride that way.
When you say bike lanes to Lottie, is that from the east of downtown or from the west of the Katy Trail?

West from Katy Trail. There's a trailhead marker now at 4th and Lottie.

There are now lights lining the river trail every 50ft or so? They appear to be solar powered LED lights. They are not particularly bright which is a little disappointing but better than nothing I guess!

Huge fan of all the bike lanes. There is a big issue with them though.... They gather quite a bit of debris (glass, rocks, sticks) that makes riding in them impractical. Most of those items will puncture your tire. Also, when riding in the bike lanes, vehicles seem to not give you any additional space when passing, which means it's almost safer to just ride in the rode...

Does anyone know when the Deep Fork connection part of the trail is supposed to be finished? I saw an article in The Oklahoman not too long ago that showed some promising pictures of bridges being installed, but there was no mention of an estimated completion date.

Huge fan of all the bike lanes. There is a big issue with them though.... They gather quite a bit of debris (glass, rocks, sticks) that makes riding in them impractical. Most of those items will puncture your tire. Also, when riding in the bike lanes, vehicles seem to not give you any additional space when passing, which means it's almost safer to just ride in the rode...

I've seen them get cleaned pretty regularly by a little sweeper

Huge fan of all the bike lanes. There is a big issue with them though.... They gather quite a bit of debris (glass, rocks, sticks) that makes riding in them impractical. Most of those items will puncture your tire. Also, when riding in the bike lanes, vehicles seem to not give you any additional space when passing, which means it's almost safer to just ride in the rode...

At least once a month, I see a vehicle actually driving in the bike lane... idk what gives them the idea it is a vehicle lane

At least once a month, I see a vehicle actually driving in the bike lane... idk what gives them the idea it is a vehicle lane

They're uneducated and/or don't care, same as with the idiots that open their parked car door right into traffic without even looking or caring, or the idiots that drive in bad weather with their hazard lights on, or .....

Driving east on i-44 along the Deep Fork it appears most of the new sidewalk is in. Anyone have an idea on opening date?

Deep Fork Trail is done between the Katy Trail and Kelley and then again between Santa Fe and Grand. Couldn't tell if there was any work actively being done between the two.

Also, the ramp to connect to the Katy Trail on NE 10th is finished.

I recently bought a new bike because i'm a huge fan of the new trail structures. i wanted to ride from Grand blvd and May ave all the way to the Katy trail. BIG PROBLEM is the Deep Fork Trail, from a couple blocks West of Lincoln Blvd., and all the way east to Kelly, simply doesn't exist, even though it's shown on the map. I found this out the hard way after biking 10 miles expecting to get thru. Anyone know why this is?

The Katy trail is not finished yet.
Also, the trail extension from river sports to the Katy is closed because of the bridge construction by Okana.
You can not do this loop currently.

You can try west river trail plus will rogers trail and back to the river for a decent loop.

The Katy trail is not finished yet.
Also, the trail extension from river sports to the Katy is closed because of the bridge construction by Okana.
You can not do this loop currently.

You can try west river trail plus will rogers trail and back to the river for a decent loop.

I guess my only issue is that it shows that trail to exist on the OKC trail maps, when in fact it doesn't. That makes me question all the other maps!

That section you mention, from west of Lincoln Blvd to Kelly, is the final part of the city loop, via paved trails. So to do a big city loop, you have to take the street somewhere in that area. Riding on 63rd, though not great, works for now.

Good trail maps at OKC.gov and the Oklahoma Bicycle Society websites.

Good trail maps at OKC.gov and the Oklahoma Bicycle Society websites.

Those are the maps that showed there is a trail there, but there wasn't.

Those are the maps that showed there is a trail there, but there wasn't.

It looks like they have a "preliminary" tag on the Deep Fork Section but its not visible until you click the section.

I would also suggest this map, even though the legend is missing.

https://bicycle-and-pedestrian-resource-center-acog.hub.arcgis.com/maps/ACOG::central-oklahoma-bicycle-network/explore?location=35.529327%2C-97.573133%2C11.95

It looks like they have a "preliminary" tag on the Deep Fork Section but its not visible until you click the section.

I would also suggest this map, even though the legend is missing.

https://bicycle-and-pedestrian-resource-center-acog.hub.arcgis.com/maps/ACOG::central-oklahoma-bicycle-network/explore?location=35.529327%2C-97.573133%2C11.95

That link didn't load for me for some reason, though I did find this one (https://bicycle-and-pedestrian-resource-center-acog.hub.arcgis.com/maps/9ca620c1648a477089c17023815dea67/explore?location=35.516966%2C-97.509597%2C12.43) on the ACOG page. The legend is hidden by default but you can pull it up by clicking the button between the zoom in and search buttons.

From Twitter: https://x.com/okcparks/status/1856779623063064979


We are so close to completing the latest phase of Deep Fork Trail. We can hardly wait! 🚲👟 The fourth of five phases will be done within the next few months! Check out what's near you with our interactive map: https://www.okc.gov/departments/parks-recreation/trails/trails-map

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GcSWhGRWYAAE7xE?format=jpg&name=medium

Does anyone know why that one main trail is named Katy Trail?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri%E2%80%93Kansas%E2%80%93Texas_Railroad

So we got left out of it being called the MKOT. Nice.

^^^^^^^^^
The railroad got its name 42 years before Oklahoma existed as a state.

Reminds me of the time I asked my dad why those selfish old railroads put their tracks all nilly-willy and crossing back and forth over Western on the north side of town. He said the tracks were probably there before the Land Run.

I know I've said this before. But I'm so happy. A dream that started out as scribbles on a napkin by Hal McKnight and a group of us from the Oklahoma Bicycle Society one night over a few beers became a proposal to the City Council that became the whole trails system, Of course much smaller. Our dream was just a trail around Overholser, Hefner, Draper and a trail connecting the three. I'm thrilled that it's grown something much bigger. I'm sure Hal is looking down and smiling!

I know I've said this before. But I'm so happy. A dream that started out as scribbles on a napkin by Hal McKnight and a group of us from the Oklahoma Bicycle Society one night over a few beers became a proposal to the City Council that became the whole trails system, Of course much smaller. Our dream was just a trail around Overholser, Hefner, Draper and a trail connecting the three. I'm thrilled that it's grown something much bigger. I'm sure Hal is looking down and smiling!

Thank you for your contributions to this.

I know I've said this before. But I'm so happy. A dream that started out as scribbles on a napkin by Hal McKnight and a group of us from the Oklahoma Bicycle Society one night over a few beers became a proposal to the City Council that became the whole trails system, Of course much smaller. Our dream was just a trail around Overholser, Hefner, Draper and a trail connecting the three. I'm thrilled that it's grown something much bigger. I'm sure Hal is looking down and smiling!
Something happen to Hal McKnight?

Something happen to Hal McKnight?
I would have sworn I saw a couple years ago that he died. But I guess I imagined it.