San Gabriel River bicycle path

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The San Gabriel River Trail (also known as "SGRT") is a bike path in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

The South end of the SGRT is Seal Beach. From Seal Beach there are opportunities to ride North or South along the coast.

The North end is in Whittier Narrows, where riders can continue North into El Monte (via the Rio Hondo), North into Azusa (via the San Gabriel River Trail), or South to Long Beach (via the Rio Hondo bicycle path).

The San Gabriel River Trail can be ridden as part of a 61-mile loop that is mostly bikeways: North on the SGRT, cross to the Rio Hondo at Whittier Narrows, then South (downstream) to the Los Angeles River, and continuing to Long Beach. In Long Beach, take the Shoreline Bikeway (and surface streets) South/East to the SGRT and head North, returning to the starting point.

Traveling North from Wilderness Park, the path switches from the East side of the river to the West side of the river over the San Gabriel River Parkway Bridge, which is designated as a bike route by the city of Pico Rivera.

1 Entry points and parking
2 Maintenance
3 Future plans
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Entry points and parking

Parking lot near the ranger station at the entrance to San Gabriel Canyon (a.k.a. Azusa Canyon).
Angeles National Forest end of trail Entry & Parking at about 1900 N San Gabriel Canyon Road trail has been extended about 1 mile north to elevation 825 feet above MSL
Dunlap Crossing Road in West Whittier (No Parking Lot)
Santa Fe Dam entry east of face of dam Parking in Dam area
Foothill San Gabriel river crossing Entry & Parking just north of Foothill next to river also rest rooms
Pacific Electric Bridge at about 741 Encanto Parkway Parking at Encanto Park, Duarte
El Dorado Park, Long Beach - Enter park on Spring St. between I605 and the river. Plenty of parking and bathrooms.
Todd Ave. entrance at Todd and Sierra Madre in Azusa.

[edit] Maintenance

Maintained by Los Angeles County Department of Public Works Road Maintenance Division, swept on a scheduled basis.

[edit] Future plans

According to LA DPW, Public Works currently has two projects underway to improve the condition of the bike path between Wilderness Park and Whittier Narrows.

The San Gabriel River Bike Path Rehabilitation project involves re-paving, striping the pavement, and updating the gates on the section of path from the Whittier Narrows Dam to Florence Avenue. Design is complete for this project, construction is expected to begin at the end of May 2006.

The Commuter Bikeway Signage project involves the placement of signs and pavement markings along the river bike paths including the San Gabriel River path. This project is currently in the design phase, which will include an evaluation of signage at San Gabriel River Parkway to inform bicyclists that the bike path switches from one side of the river to the other at this location.