West White Oak Bayou Trail:
Texas
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Description:
NOTE: For 2 years beginning December 9, 2011, one mile of trail will be closed between Ella Boulevard and 34th Street, while TxDOT does replaces bridges at Loop I-610 North and East T.C. Jester. There is a designated detour along Ella Boulevard, however, there are complaints that the detour is not safe.


The West White Oak Bayou Trail extends between 11th Street and Pinemont Drive, running parallel with the bayou and T. C. Jester Boulevard. Plans are underway to finish extending the trail from Pinemont Drive to Antoine Drive.

From the trail you can connect to the Central Business District (CBD) Access On-street Bikeway at 11th Street and at Ella Boulevard on the south and to the West Houston On-street Bikeway at 34th Street, Dubarry (to Wakefield), 43rd Street, Carleen (to Bethlehem), and Pinemont on the north.

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Riding Downtown from Klein-Spring-Champinos Area The White Oak Bayou Trail
By nracklef in August, 2011
Rode the trail for the first time yesterday on my way riding from Spring, Texas to Downtown.

I started at Champions Forest and Spring Cypress. Went south on Champions forest to Bourgeois. Went west on Bourgeois and cut through the Cutten Green subdivision and then took Cutten road south to the Gas Station at the intersection of the Beltway 8 feeder road and 249. Then took 249 south to Antoine south.

Sketchiest part of the ride was the 3 miles on Antoine (there are sidewalks for most of it) until I connected with the White Oak Bayou Trail.

Other than the brief part of the trail that is still dirt it is a beautiful 10 foot wide concrete trail all the way from Antoine just north of West Little York south to 11th street.

From there I went east on 11th for about a mile and picked up the Heights bike trail which runs south from there, under I-10 to the Target Shopping Center just east of I-10, it then runs east all the way to down town. The trail ends at a bridge that is under construction. I had to circumvent a chain link barrier to cross the bridge which then allowed me to hike down a short dirt hill (cyclocross style) to connect to the trail system along buffalo bayou.

I took this trail system along Memorial all the way to Memorial Park.

Has anyone else out there tried to ride from the North side of town to Downtown? I might do it regularly to work but it would be best to have others with me for safety. Anyone found a better/safer route?
Question
By jmelch01 in May, 2010
Does this trail easily link into any other trails that will take you all the way to downtown or is 5 miles the extent of it? Thanks.
Outstanding
By Jesse in February, 2004
The West White Oak Bayou Trail is outstanding. It's 5 miles of pure cycling pleasure. I highly recommended this trail and will definitely hit this one again.
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