Sandusky BAY pathway: old BAY bridge connector/port clinton to sandusky connection study

The Federal Highway Administration awarded the City of Port Clinton, Ohio $100,000 on June 18, 2026, under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) to conduct planning activities, public engagement, and preliminary engineering design for a 14-mile extension of the multi-use Sandusky Bay Pathway from Sandusky to Port Clinton. The extension will reconnect communities separated for over 35 years by the original bridge and establish an active transportation spine leveraging and linking active transportation planning and improvements completed in Ottawa and Erie Counties. Work is performed in Ohio with completion scheduled for November 1, 2028. Port Clinton, a municipal water utility, will execute the project as the recipient organization.

Project description

Project will conduct planning activities including public engagement and preliminary engineering design for a 14-mile extension of the multi-use sandusky BAY pathway from sandusky, ohio (erie CO.) to port clinton, ohio (ottawa CO.), reconnecting for the first time in over 35 years communities once linked by the original bridge, to support future construction of an active transportation spine, leveraging and linking for the first time active transportation planning and improvements completed in ottawa and erie counties to maximize the public value of the project upon construction.