Q: Is this section
finished?
A: No, it is rideable, but not finished. Additions
will include privacy fencing near the overpass and at CR 33, a donor-
recognition area, a second entrance-exit to County Road 20 and signage.
A: The curb is designed
to keep gravel from the lane just south of the trail from coming onto the
asphalt trail. This lane gives the landowners access to the land they own south
of the trail.
Q: Why is there an
overpass in this section?
A: The overpass is the
result of negotiations between the Friends of the Pumpkinvine, Elkhart County
Parks and the adjacent landowners who had land and buildings on both sides of
the trail. The Friends and Elkhart County Parks did not want the trail to leave
the old Pumpkinvine corridor in this area because it would have put the trail
into wetlands. But the landowners were reluctant to divide their property with
the trail. The Friends of the
Pumpkinvine and Elkhart County Parks promised an overpass if the landowners
permitted the trail to stay on the old Pumpkinvine corridor and avoid the wetlands
in this section.
Q: Why are there
concrete sections on the trail?
A: One concrete section
along County Road 20 is for a driveway and a possible future driveway. The others
represent easements that allow the landowner with land on both sides of the
corridor to cross the corridor with heavy equipment now or in the future. These
concrete easements are consistent with other easements along the Pumpkinvine.
Q: Who built the overpass?
A: Custom Manufacturing, Clinton, Wisconsin.
