Watch the new bridge installation for the Middlefork Savanna Trail Connection!

Описание: The Lake County Forest Preserves began construction in March 2017 on the trail and bridge over the Metra Railway linking Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve to Lake Forest Academy and Townline Community Park. This is part of an overall effort to connect the Middlefork Savanna and Greenway to McArthur Woods Forest Preserve and the Des Plaines River Trail. The project includes this 221-foot steel pedestrian bridge, scenic overlook, 10-foot-wide paved trails, and crosswalk improvements at the intersection of IL Route 60 and Academy Drive.

Lake County Forest Preserves is pleased to be working with the following partners and donors to make this project possible: City of Lake Forest, Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest Bank & Trust, Lake Forest Open Lands Association, and Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein. The Forest Preserve is the lead agency responsible for administration and coordination of the project and 60 percent of the local funding for construction costs. The Forest Preserve also secured federal funding for the project through a grant from the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program, administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.