The Coast-to-Coast Connector bicycle trail is a proposed 250 mile bicycle and multi-use trail across Florida.Coast-to-coast Florida bike trail could cruise to approval this year
January 27, 2014, by Aaron Deslatte Orlando Sentinel. The trail would provide a path connecting the Gulf of Mexico on peninsular Florida's west coast to the Atlantic Ocean on Florida's east coast. Legislation in support of the planned trail passed the

Florida House of Representatives The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted ...

in April 2014 and would fund it with $15.5 million.House backs Seante's coast to coast bike trail plan
/ref> Florida State Senator

Andy Gardiner Andy Gardiner (born January 23, 1969) is a Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate, representing the 9th District from 2008 to 2012, and the 13th District, which stretches from Orlando to Titusville, from 2012 to 2016. ...

of Orlando is one of the plan's leading supporters. Legislation funding the trail with $50 million was vetoed in 2013 by Governor

Rick Scott Richard Lynn Scott ( Myers, born December 1, 1952) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 45th governor of Florida from 2011 to 2019. Scott ...

in 2013. The funding would be used close gaps in the trail route. The estimated cost of the project is $45 million. It would incorporate existing public spaces and trails including: * Fred Marquis Pinellas Trail * Starkey Trail *

Suncoast Trail State Road 589 (SR 589), also known as the Veterans Expressway and Suncoast Parkway, is a north–south toll road near the Florida Gulf Coast.

Good Neighbor Trail The Good Neighbor Trail is a multi-use recreational trail in Brooksville, Florida, that connects with the Withlacoochee State Trail. The trail is about long. The trail was originally the Brooksville Branch of the Florida Southern Railway which ...

* Withlacoochee State Trail * General James A. Van Fleet State Trail * South Lake Trail *

West Orange Trail The West Orange Trail is a long multi-use rail trail owned by Orange County Parks and Recreation in Orange County, Florida, in the United States. The paved trail passes through downtown Oakland, Winter Garden, and Apopka with most of its length b ...

* Clarcona-Ocoee Trail *

Pine Hills Trail Pine Hills Trail is a planned multi-use trail in the area of Pine Hills, Florida, built by Orange County Parks and Recreation. It utilizes a power easement between the Shingle Creek Trail, with a route planned to Kissimmee, and West Orange Trail Th ...

Seminole-Wekiva Trail The Seminole-Wekiva Trail is a paved multi-use trail in Seminole County, Florida. It stretches almost 14 miles. A section of it is part of the Florida National Scenic Trail. It is built on the former Orange Belt Railway. It connects with the Cross S ...

* Rinehart Trail *

Spring to Spring Trail Spring to Spring trail is a multi-use trail in Volusia County, Florida. It is under development and plans call for it to cover 26 miles. The trail will connect Gemini Springs Park to DeLeon Springs State Park. As of April 2014, 16 miles are complet ...

East Central Regional Rail Trail East Coast Regional Rail Trail is a planned 52-mile paved multi-use trail in Volusia County, Florida and Brevard County, Florida connecting from Enterprise, Florida to Edgewater, Florida with a 10-mile leg to Titusville, Florida. From the trailhe ...

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Coast to Coast Connector
Florida Greenways & Trails Foundation

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