The city of Madison on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 8:30 a.m. will hold a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the Autumn Ridge Path on the city’s east side.
The Autumn Ridge Path will create a shared-use path connection between Milwaukee Street and Commercial Avenue north of Highway 30, including a new bridge over Highway 30. The project will improve safety and accessibility for nonmotorized modes of transportation to cross Highway 30, better connecting neighborhoods on either side of the highway. The Autumn Ridge Path expands the greater bike network of the area, as the path connects (via local streets) to the existing overpass over Stoughton Road at Portland Parkway, through the Eastmorland neighborhood to the recently constructed Garver Path, and finally to the Capital City Trail and downtown Madison. Long term plans include extending this path network further to the northeast.
The Autumn Ridge Path is funded by a $2.5 million federal grant, which covers the majority of the project costs, and the remaining costs are made up with local city funding of $2 million. The project has been under construction since June 2024, with the most significant part of this project being the new bridge overpass over Highway 30, which includes three prefabricated trusses over Highway 30 and Commercial Avenue, as well as a multispan loop on the north-side bridge approach.
