The MKT Trail is a Rails-to-Trails conversion project which consists of over 6 miles of a 10-foot-wide, concrete, multi-use hike and bike trail along the old Missouri, Kansas, Texas Southern Pacific railroad corridor.

The trail runs on Nicholson from 26th Street to 7th Street, and from Shepherd along 7th Street, to Spring Street and White Oak Bayou under I-45, where it connects to the Houston Heritage Corridor West Trail providing a connection to the University of Houston and other downtown bikeways and destinations.

Currently, the project design is nearing completion and the projected letting date by TxDOT for construction is May 2008.

Click on the image to see a larger web-viewable map.

Download a printable 11" x 17" map (Adobe PDF).

Thanks to Woody Speer for gathering this information.