City Installs Lights to Brighten Up Crowley Spur of the Bike Trail

Some final touches on the project are lighting up the newest section of the city's bike trail.

Mounted lights were recently installed under the I-95 overpass at the trail head off Lowell Street. A 3/4-mile spur of the longer trail section toward Danvers was dedicated and named for Kristen Gove Crowley this summer.

The trail entrance is adjacent to the Hess gas station. A memorial to Crowley, the lighting and site work there were paid for with $50,000 in community preservation money.

That section runs essentially perpendicular to the 4.6-mile route from Lahey Clinic out to the Middleton line.

Mayor Ted Bettencourt said the new lights will help illuminate the trail surface during pre-dawn and dusk hours and add another measure of safety for anyone out on the trail.

“This was a blighted area of the city that has been completely transformed into a valuable recreational resource,” Bettencourt said, referring to the new spur. “It is a wonderful example of how community preservation dollars can be utilized effectively.”

The section of trail will also eventually be paved, similar to the rest of the Peabody Independence Greenway.