Cross Kirkland Corridor is a

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and

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in the city of Kirkland,

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. It is Kirkland's segment of the multi-city

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on the Eastside Seattle suburbs. After acquisition, the corridor was approved by the city for future light rail and other transit use.

Feriton Spur Park

The city developed Feriton Spur Park () approximately halfway between ends of the trail, in

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with Google, where one of the company's Kirkland campuses surrounds the park.

Public art

Under a city construction budget set-aside for public art in Kirkland, art is installed on the corridor. The first such work was ''The Spikes'', created in 2017 by

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welding student Merrily Dicks, and consisting of three columns of recycled railroad spikes, rising from a metal base.

References

External links

* Parks in Kirkland, Washington Geography of Kirkland, Washington Rail trails in Washington (state) Transportation in King County, Washington {{US-trail-stub