Derby Greenway Explained

The Derby Greenway is a long multipurpose trail located on the west side of Derby, Connecticut along the Naugatuck and Housatonic Rivers. The Greenway is part of the Naugatuck River Greenway Trail System, a proposed multipurpose trail that follows the Naugatuck River from Torrington to Derby.^[1] The Derby section of the Naugatuck River Greenway System is the second-busiest multipurpose trail in Connecticut (behind the Bluff Point State Park trail) with 217,163 trips counted in 2021.^{[2] [3]}

History

Construction broke ground in June 2005 and was completed in three stages, 2006, 2008, 2013 respectively.

References

1. Web site: About the Greenway – Naugatuck River. en-US. December 11, 2018.
2. Web site: Derby Greenway. September 22, 2018.
3. Web site: Connecticut Trail Census. March 22, 2022.