The Eastrail

The 42-mile Eastrail is a wide flat trail with amazing scenery, and lots of ways to connect with communities and our region!

The Eastrail corridor also serves as a home for many services that we rely on every day with direct connections to light rail stations and utilities.

The Trail

Eastrail Partners unifies and galvanizes this ambitious trail effort. We envision an Eastrail that is for everyone, every day.

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Let’s Connect!

Keep up to date with what’s happening on the Eastrail.

Construction Updates

Touring the Wilburton Trestle

Last week, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay joined partners for a tour of a unique capital project that is transforming the 1,000-foot-long Wilburton Trestle in Bellevue – the longest wooden trestle in the Pacific Northwest – into a trail bridge for the emerging 42-mile Eastrail. Crews are now installing the 20-foot-wide trail surface, railing, and three expansive viewing platforms atop the 122-year-old trestle. They are also replacing deteriorated wood and hardware while reinforcing the pillars with modern safety upgrades that will make it more resilient during earthquakes. Once complete next year, […]

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Eastrail Partners Staff Updates

Eastrail Partners, the nonprofit supporting the 42-mile Eastrail corridor, recently welcomed Julia Hodges as our new Senior Philanthropy Manager. Julia brings a passion for connecting people and communities—something that fits perfectly with the mission of Eastrail. To introduce Julia to our community, we asked her—along with other members of the Eastrail Partners team—to share a […]

Construction Updates

Spring Eastrail Closures Update

Several closures along the Eastrail this winter required trail users in Renton and Kirkland to follow detours due to planned maintenance, utility upgrades, and adjacent construction projects. This week, the major closure at the south end of the Cross-Kirkland Corridor reopened. However, additional closures are expected later this year. Below is a status update on […]

Construction Updates

Wilburton Trestle Progress Continues

Big things are happening on Eastrail. The transformation of the historic Wilburton Trestle marks a major step toward completing the 42-mile Eastrail that will connect communities from Renton through Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Woodinville, and beyond. Construction continues on the Trestle, which is set to open in mid-2027. When completed, the trestle will become one of […]

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