Louisville Loop Adds Two New East End Sections
Louisville Metro has completed two trail segments totaling about 1.03 miles as part of the citywide Louisville Loop.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Hiking
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Louisville Metro completed two new sections of the Louisville Loop in east Louisville, adding approximately 1.03 miles of new paths. Mayor Craig Greenberg and several local partners celebrated the completion of the projects on Friday.
Why it matters
The completed Louisville Loop is planned as a 100-plus-mile trail system encircling the city, designed to connect neighborhoods, parks, schools and workplaces. Each finished segment moves the citywide network closer to that goal.
The Middletown-Eastwood Trail 2 segment provides about 0.68 miles of trail along U.S. 60 between South Beckley Station Road and Bircham Road, and the Gilliland Road to Eastwood Recreation Center segment adds about 0.35 miles. The source does not indicate a completion timeline for the rest of the 100-plus-mile loop.
The players
Louisville Metro
Louisville Metro is the consolidated city-county government of Louisville, Kentucky, which is building and surveying the Louisville Loop trail system.
Craig Greenberg
Craig Greenberg is the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, who celebrated the completion of the new trail sections.
The details
The Middletown-Eastwood Trail 2 segment runs along U.S. 60 between South Beckley Station Road and Bircham Road. The Gilliland Road to Eastwood Recreation Center segment connects Gilliland Road to the Eastwood Recreation Center.
Timeline
Friday: Mayor Craig Greenberg and local partners celebrate completion of the two new trail sections.
November 13: Deadline for residents to take the Louisville Loop Survey.
Seasonal Patterns
These two sections extend the Louisville Loop, the citywide trail plan that is designed to eventually encircle Louisville with more than 100 miles of connected paths. Each completed segment adds to that network, which is meant to link neighborhoods, parks, schools and workplaces.
Louisville residents in the east end now have additional paved trail mileage to use for walking, biking and reaching nearby parks and schools. The added segments give local hikers and commuters another connected route as the wider loop continues to take shape.
The takeaway
Trail users can start planning routes that use the newly connected east Louisville segments while the rest of the loop is built out. Taking the Louisville Loop Survey by November 13 is one way for residents to influence how the network develops.
What happens next
Residents have until November 13 to take the Louisville Loop Survey to share input on the trail system.
Further reading
Explore more hiking trails near Louisville to plan your next outing on the expanding loop.
Source note: This article includes information reported by WLKY.
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