Continuation and update on review: garbage cans, benches, and gas line poles that are well-painted and maintained, are well distributed from the end of the bikeway to just about 1500 feet, near the parking area at the foot of the bikeway. There are no restrooms, so one has to be creative when eliminating. The trail is in a seedy area, so one must be careful, not drive alone, and not drive at night without good lighting and audio equipment.

I heard there was going to be a pier at the end, which would be magnificent. I heard of this back in 2008, but have not heard anything since: money problems?

My husband and I rode this path last weekend and was very disappointed. We have recently ridden several other Rails to Trails paths and have nothing but praise and great reviews for them, but this one........well, it was very disappinting and actually dangerous. The few (maybe 4 people) on this path did not seem to be there for the enjoyment or the beauty, but for maybe hiding for illegal activities? We were approached by 3-4 teens that wanted to "buy our bikes?" I was afraid that they would actually "take" our bikes.

The path itself was in poor repair and severly neglected. The asphalt was all broken, covered over with bushes and trash with broken glass everywhere. At the end closest to the river, a beautiful location to view the river was the best part of the trail but was still desolate and deserted and gave no warm feeelongs of safety.

If you decide to ride this path, please be very careful and DO NOT GO ALONE!!! Be very aware of your surroundings and stop for no one.

My husband and I rode this path last weekend and was very disappointed. We have recently ridden several other Rails to Trails paths and have nothing but praise and great reviews for them, but this one........well, it was very disappinting and actually dangerous. The few (maybe 4 people) on this path did not seem to be there for the enjoyment or the beauty, but for maybe hiding for illegal activities? We were approached by 3-4 teens that wanted to "buy our bikes?" I was afraid that they would actually "take" our bikes.

The path itself was in poor repair and severly neglected. The asphalt was all broken, covered over with bushes and trash with broken glass everywhere. At the end closest to the river, a beautiful location to view the river was the best part of the trail but was still desolate and deserted and gave no warm feeelongs of safety.

If you decide to ride this path, please be very careful and DO NOT GO ALONE!!! Be very aware of your surroundings and stop for no one.

It appears the trail is open round-the-clock. So be careful of your surroundings!

It does go through some seedy neighborhoods and I wouldn't put it past the fact that drug activities may occur there, from reports I have seen. I drove my powerchair through the path this afternoon, and I must admit I haven't seen anything like it. While the portion of the path appears neglected-- the pavement broken mostly by tree roots-- the portion that resumes after crossing St. Andrews (RS-61) appear to be recently repaved and very smooth! As you reach toward the end of the path at the river there are benches, garbage cans and newly-painted signs of gas pipelines. I hope the repavement continues throughout the rest of the path.

"While riding on this trail, the only scenery you will see will scare you. There was graffiti, broken glass, and missing pavement. Luckily I was with another person; if I had been alone, I would have felt extremely uncomfortable. "

"I visited this trail again yesterday, and it STILL has not been cleaned up. Trash, vandalism, and grafitti still litter the trail. There is still no safe, easy way to cross the busy highways."

"Unfortunately this trail has fallen into poor maintenance, partially because it goes through a bad part of town. I have been in Charleston for seven years and have only ridden the trail once. Some seedy looking teenagers asked me as I rode by, ""You five-oh? You five-oh?"" This in itself was enough to tell me that illegal activities were going on and it is probably not a safe area to ride.

I seem to recall a police officer being shot there several years ago as well -- while on his bicycle. In addition, the trail is only about a mile and a half long, so you are better off using the West Ashley Greenway or going up to the Palmetto Trail near Awendaw."

This is the worst maintained bikeway I have ever seen. The crumbling pavement is covered with litter and broken glass. Vandalism and graffiti are everywhere.