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The network's size, figure by figure and year by year, from its keepers' own dated statements. 1988: the East Bank Trail's northern portion opens, about half a mile, among Indiana's first rail-trails. 2001: the LaSalle Trail is built, 3.5 miles, Roseland to the state line. 17 July 2007: Riverside Trail phase 1 opens — 9,225 feet, ten feet wide, $1.79 million. 2009: Riverside's final phase brings that trail to 3.2 miles on the city's release (TrailLink counts 3.4; both stand). November 2019: the Indiana Michigan River Valley Trail is celebrated as 34 miles connecting Mishawaka, South Bend and Niles, the last Niles Township link closing the continuous run. 2022: the Coal Line Trail's first phase opens — September on INDOT's newsletter, November on the city's page; the conflict is printed in item 7 and not resolved here. October 2023: the Mishawaka Riverwalk's east extension closes the loop at Cedar Street. March 2024: the Coal Line's second phase completes the river crossing to the SR 933 Trail. October 2024: the Link Trail opens, 1.5 miles. 2023–24: MACOG's condition survey measures the regional Crossway network at over 120 miles. Through every line of the ledger the Penn Township entry is unchanged: no segment, no phase, no mile.
Sources: TrailLink, East Bank and LaSalle Trail records; City of South Bend news releases, 4 March 2009 and 7 June 2023; INDOT, Inside INDOT, November 2022; Indiana Michigan River Valley Trail celebration program, 9 November 2019; Larson-Danielson Construction, October 2023; Notre Dame Magazine and City of South Bend, Link Trail openings, 2024; MACOG Trail Condition Report, February 2025. Rights basis: dated published figures; no image pulled.