Active Trail Projects

Map: All Projects

Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) is dedicated to building out the trail network described in Denver Moves Pedestrians and Trails, bringing existing trails up to new standards, and meeting the goals and vision described in Game Plan for a Healthy City.

Find current project details and resources below. This information is updated bi-annually.

 

Bear Creek Trail

Bear Creek Park

  • Location: Bear Creek Park
  • Length: 0.5 miles
  • Status: Design
  • Description: Construct new 12-foot-wide concrete trail, plus adjacent 4-foot crusher fines trail on the south side of the park, including a new pedestrian bridge.

Bridge: Dartmouth & Webster

  • Location: Bridge over Bear Creek
  • Length: 150 feet
  • Status: Design
  • Description: Replace existing closed trail bridge.

Cherry Creek Trail

Monaco Street

  • Location: Monaco St.
  • Length: 0.1 miles
  • Status: Pre-build
  • Description: As part of a future Monaco St. bridge replacement, the trail will be widened to 12 feet and flooding issues will be addressed.

Clear Creek Trail

In partnership with the Denver Dept. of Transportation & Infrastructure, City of Wheat Ridge, Jefferson County Trails Partnership Program Grant, and the Mile High Flood District, this project will evaluate multiple options to determine if it’s possible to build an overpass or underpass of the Clear Creek Trail at West 52nd Avenue while realigning the trail within the creek corridor. The study will also examine overpass and underpass options and different trail alignments north and south of West 52nd Avenue.

First Creek Trail

  • Location: East 42nd to E. 38th Avenue
  • Length: 0.5 miles
  • Status: Design
  • Description: New 10-foot concrete trail, plus 3-foot crusher fine trail that will tie into an underpass at a future bridge and 38th Avenue, continuing into Aurora. 

Harvard Gulch Trail

DeBoer Park Bridge

Design complete; construction scheduled November 2025 - March 2026. Find detour information. 

DeBoer Park Project Background

In June 2023, the bridge was found to have critical structural issues which could not be repaired and required a complete replacement of the bridge. The existing bridge does not meet modern standards and requires a new design, which has added to the project timeline. Currently under design, the new bridge must comply with all local, state, and federal requirements. Because it is located in the Harvard Gulch floodplain, construction must be completed within the low-flow season of October to April. Pending weather and project funding, the new bridge is expected to be complete by Summer 2026.

Sept. 17, 2025 Public Meeting: 

Denver Parks & Recreation, the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) and the Mile High Flood District (MHFD) hosted a virtual meeting for trail users to learn the latest updates and construction schedule for the DeBoer Park bridge replacement, channel restoration, and stormwater infrastructure upgrades.

Meeting Presentation(PDF, 2MB)

Watch the recording:

 

Milwaukee-Madison

  • Location: Milwaukee to Madison Street
  • Length: 0.4 miles
  • Status: Design
  • Description: Upgrade trail from asphalt to 10-foot-wide concrete trail along with gulch and channel restoration.

High Line Canal Trail

Quebec to Parker:

  • Location: Quebec to Parker
  • Length: 4.75 miles
  • Status: Design
  • Description: Upgrade existing asphalt trail to 12-foot-wide concrete trail and 6-foot-wide crusher fines trail.

Parker to Havana:

  • Location: Parker Road to Havana Street
  • Length: 2.3 miles
  • Status: Construction
  • Description: Upgrade existing asphalt trail to 12-foot-wide concrete trail and 6-foot-wide crusher fines trail.

Yale & Holly Underpass

  • Location: Yale Avenue and Holly Street
  • Length: 0.1 mile
  • Status: Construction
  • Description: New trail underpass under Yale Avenue.

Sanderson Gulch

Arkansas to Florida

  • Location: 400 feet south of Arkansas and 400 feet north of Florida
  • Length: 0.5 miles
  • Status: Design
  • Description: Upgrade existing trail to 10-foot wide concrete and 3-foot wide crusher fines trail with amenities. Construct new trail underpasses at Arkansas Ave. and Florida Ave. and restore the gulch channel to a more natural alignment and state.

Zuni to Clay

  • Location: Zuni Street to Clay Street
  • Length: 0.25 miles
  • Status: Design
  • Description: Upgrade existing asphalt trail to a 10-foot concrete trail.

Second Creek Trail

Dunkirk to East 71st

  • Location: Dunkirk Street to E. 71st Avenue
  • Length: 0.8 miles
  • Status: Construction
  • Description: New 12-foot concrete with adjacent 3-foot crusher fines trail.

South Platte River Trail

Virginia to Bayaud

  • Location: Virgina Avenue to Bayaud Avenue
  • Length: 0.6 miles
  • Status: Construction
  • Description: Trail will be widened to 12-feet

Bayaud to Phil Milstein Park

  • Location: Bayaud Avenue to Phil Milstein Park)
  • Length: 0.8 miles
  • Status: Design
  • Description: Widen existing trail to 12 feet of concrete with an adjacent 4-foot crusher fines trail, and construct a new pedestrian bridge to relocate trail to west side of the river in addition to a new trail.

Globeville Levee (31st-51st Ave.)

  • Location: 31st - 51st Avenue
  • Length: 1.6 miles
  • Status: Construction
  • Description: New levee/floodwall built and trail widened to 12 feet.  

Mississippi Wall

  • Location: Vanderbilt Park to West Tennessee Avenue
  • Length: 0.2 miles
  • Status: Construction
  • Description: Replace failing timber retaining wall and widen trail to 12-feet of concrete and an adjacent 4-foot crusher fines trails

Mississippi Ave to Englewood

  • Location: Mississippi Avenue to Dartmouth Avenue
  • Length: 0.3 miles
  • Status: Design
  • Description: Widen trail to 12-feet of concrete and 4-feet of crusher fines and study feasibility of redesigning S. Platte River Dr. to include new trail or shared use path between Grant frontier Park and Florida Avenue on west side of the river. 

Follow the South Platte River Trail StoryMap

Wagon Creek Trail

  • Location: W. Saratoga Place to S. Field Way
  • Length: 0.6 miles
  • Status: Design
  • Description: This project will mill and overlay the existing asphalt trail.

Regional Trail Detours

When implementing trail improvements, construction may require temporary detours. DPR is committed to providing the safest detours available for the shortest amount of time necessary to minimize impacts to users. Although we make every attempt to keep the public informed about the status of our trails, park walks and other amenities, there are times when they must be closed immediately and may not be noted on our website.  Please be aware of unforeseen conditions due to weather or other unexpected events and be prepared to use alternate routes if necessary.  

 
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