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<br /> . <br />1, Canoeing <br /> The winding creek channel will provide a 4,75-mile long canoeing <br /> experience from the trailhead on Lexington Avenue (Shoreview <br /> segment) to the north end of Long Lake (New Brighton-Mounds View <br /> segment), Starting at the canoe launch on the southwest side of Peltier <br /> Lake (Rice Creek-Chain of Lakes Regional Park Reserve), the total Rice <br /> Creek canoe route is approximately 17 miles long to Manomin County <br /> Park on the Mississippi River with the Rice Creek North Regional Trail <br /> section being approximately 13 miles. <br />2, Biking - refer to maps on pages IX-4, IX-5, IX-9 and IX-10. <br /> A 4,5-mile long (10' wide) bituminous path for biking, walking, jogging '" <br /> and in-line skating will run from the intersection of County Road J and <br /> Lexington Avenue in Shoreview to the north end of Long Lake Regional <br /> Park where it will interconnect with the trail network within the park and <br /> the Rice Creek West Regional Trail Corridor. The bikeway will also <br /> intersect with local bikeways along the perimeter of the segments on <br /> Lexington Avenue and County Roads H, I and J, The paved path will be <br /> an extension of the a,25-mile trail that will run southwestward through <br /> the Rice Creek-Chain of Lakes Regional Park Reserve to the Anoka- . <br /> Ramsey County line at County Road J and Lexington Avenue, <br /> Under a joint powers agreement between Ramsey County and the city <br /> of Shoreview, during 1997 the city will construct the 1,3 mile bikeway <br /> within the Shoreview segment, including two paved neighborhood spurs <br /> to Fairview and Snelling avenues, (Refer to Appendix A, pages A-1 <br /> through A-3,) <br /> A two-mile bikeway loop will circle the Arden Hills segment paralleling <br /> the east and west sides of Rice Creek following the upland edges of the <br /> floodplain. A Cor-Ten steel bridge will provide for the crossing of Rice <br /> Creek southeast of the State of Minnesota property. <br /> Note: During the interim period preceding acquisition of the Arden Hills <br /> segment, local off-road bikeways will provide a temporary connection <br /> between the Shoreview and New Brighton-Mounds View segments. <br /> The local bikeways include points on the north side of County Road I <br /> from Interstate 35-W to Long Lake Road, on the west side of Long Lake <br /> Road from County Road I to County Road H and on the north side of <br /> County Road H from Long Lake Road to Edgewood Drive, <br /> An east-west off-road path will run along the south side of County Road <br /> H from the Arden Hills segment to the traffic light controlled intersection . <br /> with U.S, Highway 10. Depending on the timing, the trail will cross <br /> IX-2 <br />