Eheart Street Cycle Track

Construction Update - May 4, 2026

Street widening and concrete island installation have begun this week. Through and turning movements, entering Eheart Street SW from the Main Street side, will be prohibited once the concrete island is installed.

Paving is scheduled to begin the week of May 17th, with striping to follow. The remainder of Eheart Street SW will become one-way for vehicles, traveling from Preston Avenue to Main Street, after construction is complete.

The Town of Blacksburg will complete changes within the existing Town right-of-way on the western side of Eheart Street in coordination with upcoming street repaving. The eastern side of the cycle track was previously designed and approved as part of the Midtown development project and is currently under construction. Combined, the project will create a continuous bicycle route from Willard Drive and the surrounding area to the Huckleberry Trail and its numerous destinations. This provides important infrastructure for the biking community that does not currently exist.

The main project features are:

• Buffered two-way bicycle travel from Preston Avenue to Main Street
  • Concrete island at the Main Street intersection
  • Rubberized delineators separating parking and vehicular travel lanes from bicycle traffic
• Continuous two-way separated bicycle travel from Preston Avenue to Willard Drive, crossing Main Street
• One-way vehicular travel from Preston Avenue to Main Street, exiting towards the Main Street traffic signal
  • Removal of northbound left-turn lane on Main Street
• Bicycle signal phase at the traffic signal for safe crossing of Main Street
• All-way stop added at Draper Road and Preston Avenue intersections
• On-street parking maintained from Draper Road to Main Street and from the Huckleberry Trail to Preston Avenue
• Driveways and alley access maintained throughout the project area
• Two-way shared street markings (sharrows) from the Huckleberry Trail to Preston Avenue

The graphics below show the roadway changes starting on the east (Main Street) and ending on the west (the Huckleberry Trail) in three segments.

Eheart Street from Draper Road (left) to Main Street (right)

Eheart Street from Preston Avenue (left) to Draper Road (right)

Eheart Street from the Huckleberry Trail (left) to Preston Avenue (right)

The project plan is available in pdf format, which allows for manual zoom to see the plan in detail.
Plans showing the Willard Drive to Main Street (east side) project can be found here or under the Documents header on the right side of this webpage.

Please submit any questions in the box below, or reach out directly to project staff. Contact information can be found under the "Who's Listening" tab at the top right of the page.