MCT Closures

MCT Trails Closures and Construction

Summer 2025 Closures

MCT Trails Summer Closures 2025
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MCT Schoolhouse Trail

The MCT Schoolhouse Trail will be closed on Monday, August 4th, from 8am to 3pm for utility work. The closure is located 300 feet west of the IL 157 tunnel. For your safety, please avoid this section of trail during construction.

MCT Goshen Trail

The City of Edwardsville will be replacing the accessible ramp on the Esic Drive connector to the MCT Goshen Trail starting 7/30/2025. Work is anticipated to take about a week to complete. For your safety, please avoid using this connector until the work is complete.

MCT Schoolhouse Trail

The MCT Schoolhouse Trail will be closing on August 4th, 2025 at the IL-111 crossing to construct a bridge over IL-111. For your safety, please avoid this section of trail during construction.

MCT Nickel Plate Trail

The City of Edwardsville is doing bridge work on Center Grove Road at the MCT Nickel Plate Trail. The trail is open, but work will continue around and over the trail. For your safety, please follow the temporary signs and use caution when using this section of the trail.

MCT Schoolhouse Trail

The MCT Schoolhouse Trail will be closed for sewer work starting May 27th from Keebler Road to the YMCA Trail Connector. Pleasant Ridge Park Connector will also be closed during this time. The ramp at Keebler Road and the tunnel will remain open going west. For your safety, please avoid this section of trail during the closure.

MCT Confluence Trail

The MCT Confluence trail will be closed from W. 7th Street to Canal Road starting May 12th, 2025 for reconstruction. For your safety, please avoid this section of the Confluence Trail until the work is complete.

MCT Nature Trail

IDOT will be doing repairs to the IL 111 bridge over the MCT Nature Trail starting September 3, 2024. The trail will need to be temporarily closed at times. For your safety, please avoid this section of trail.