Bike Lanes through Aurora connecting the Fox River Trail northern and southern sections

This past weekend we took a ride on the Fox River Trail from St. Charles, Il. to and through Aurora. Last fall (2015) one of our website visitors had told me that the city of Aurora was constructing bike lanes through Aurora so I decided to check them out.

Well, the BIke Lanes are Now Complete and are a very welcome connection of the Fox River Trail north of Aurora to the FRT south of Aurora.

The Fox River Trail runs from Oswego in the south to Algonquin in the north. One of the biggest problems when trying to ride the southern part of the trail was always going through Aurora. I had done this a few times mostly on the sidewalks on Broadway but it was always a pain.

Now, the trail goes right by Hollywood Casino ~ which is an interesting and kind of scenic area ~ then right out to the bike lanes on Downer Place, River Street (the main stretch) and North Avenue.

The bike lanes are well separated from vehicle traffic on the road and are bright green and very easy to follow.

When you are heading south through Aurora on the bike lanes you go on to Hurds Island and then back to the trail on the west side of the river. If you are going to continue south to Oswego you will want to get on the Virgil Gilman Trail Bridge to cross the Fox River and get on the east side of the trail.

I have posted some photos and information on the Bike Lanes through Aurora here. In addition to the Bike Lane information there are links to the connecting trail pages.

So now, if you want to take that really long ride, you can ride from Oswego, Illinois north to Algonquin (much easier now), connect to the McHenry County Prairie Trail and continue on to Genoa City Wisconsin!