Cady Way Trail
{{short description|Rail trail in Orange County, Florida}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox trail
| name = Cady Way Trail
| photo = Walkway - panoramio - JLGMedia (cropped).jpg
| caption = {{coord|28|36|2.25|N|81|18|25.14|W}}
(Taken on July 22, 2009)
| established = {{start date|1994}}
| length = {{convert|6|mi}}
| location = Orange County, Florida, US
}}
The Cady Way Trail is a rail trail in Orange County, Florida.
Composition
A {{convert|6.5|mi|adj=on}} asphalt rail trail, the path follows a railway corridor that previously connected residential and recreational areas of Winter Park, Florida with Orlando Fashion Square and neighborhoods in Orange County, Florida. The trail's single-lane lengths have widths between {{convert|10|-|16|ft}} with striping to separate pedestrians from others; where divided, pedestrians' have a width of {{convert|6|ft|spell=in}}, while the other is {{convert|10|ft|spell=in}}. Along its length, the trail has sheltered benches, trash bins, water fountains, and numbered markers.
History
The original Cady Way Trail opened in 1994, and averaged over 500,000 users per year by the 2010s. A second phase of expanding the trail was planned, and has already received one {{US$|1.75 million}} grant from Federal Highway Administration and Florida Department of Transportation, and another from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for {{US$|483000|long=no}}.
In April 2012, two Winter Park High School students—Nick Presha and Jeremy Stewart—were executed on the Cady Way Trail. Jesse Davis and Hector Rodriguez (both born in {{birth based on age as of date|31|2013|08|01|noage=1}}) were found guilty of the murders, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
References
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{{cite news |date=2013-08-01 |title=Hector Rodriguez found guilty in Cady Way Trail murder trial |url=https://www.wesh.com/article/hector-rodriguez-found-guilty-in-cady-way-trail-murder-trial-1/4426623 |url-status=live |language=en |location=Orlando, Florida |publisher=WESH |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811205319/https://www.wesh.com/article/hector-rodriguez-found-guilty-in-cady-way-trail-murder-trial-1/4426623 |archive-date=2022-08-11 |access-date=2023-08-10 |quote=Convicted killer to spend life in prison}}
{{citation |publisher=Orange County Parks & Recreation |title=Cady Way Trail |location=Orlando, Florida |url=http://apps.ocfl.net/images/Maps/CadyWayMap_web.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204004657/http://apps.ocfl.net/images/Maps/CadyWayMap_web.pdf |archive-date=2012-12-04}}
}}
External links
- {{official website|1=https://www.orlando.gov/Parks-the-Environment/Directory/Cady-Way-Trail}}
- [https://www.traillink.com/trail/cady-way-trail/ Cady Way Trail] at TrailLink
- [https://www.bikeorlando.net/cady-way-trail.htm Cady Way Trail] at Bike Orlando
Category:1994 establishments in Florida
Category:geography of Orlando, Florida
Category:rail trails in Florida
Category:transportation in Orange County, Florida