Sandusky Bay Pathway: what's finished, what's next and where the gaps are

Sandusky's waterfront trail is filling in one piece at a time. When it is finished it will run about 9 miles inside city limits.

Finished

Segment	Completed
Shoreline Drive	2020
Venice Road (Edgewater Avenue to Cold Creek)	2021
Meigs Street (Sycamore Street to Water Street)	2022
East Water Street (Meigs Street to Shoreline Drive)	2024
Cleveland Road (Cedar Point Drive to Hemminger Ditch, near The Landing)	2026

The Cleveland Road segment, including a bridge over Pipe Creek, was paid for by a 2022 federal RAISE grant. We covered it when the newest segment opened.

Next up

A 1.5-mile stretch from Mills Street to Lions Park is expected to begin construction in 2027, funded by a $1.09 million grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation's Transportation Alternatives Program. It will connect central neighborhoods to the waterfront.

The gaps that remain

The city lists two more sections without a funded schedule: Cedar Point Drive to Meigs Street (First Street), and Lions Park to Venice Road along West Monroe Street and Edgewater Drive.

Farther east, ODOT's U.S. 6 project will add a path along Cleveland Road toward Huron. The city's pathway page has the maps.