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One of the more interesting pedestrian opportunities in the Metro Detroit area begins a new season this Saturday.  Several near-in Detroit suburbs close Hines Drive between Ann Arbor Trail and Outer Drive to motorized traffic on Saturdays from 9AM until 3:30PM.  That’s a distance of six miles.  And the route follows close to the Rouge River, so scenic vistas are possible.  Several trails are either open or in the planning stages along this section of the Rouge, so additional mileage is certainly possible.

Read the related blurb in the Detroit Free Press here:

Bike, walk, run or go inline skating without worrying about motorized traffic on Saturdays from May 3 through Sept. 27. That’s when 6 miles of Hines Drive between Outer Drive and Ann Arbor Trail will be closed to cars, motorcycles and other motorized vehicles from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Parking is available near park entrances on both ends — at the Warrendale area in Detroit, at Warren Avenue east of Telegraph and at the Nankin Mills Picnic Area at Hines Drive and Ann Arbor Trail.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804250347

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