Page - 9 . The section is from Neslo Road to Sylve Road. It is accessible to wheelchairs, runners, walkers, bicyclists, rollerbladers and horseback riders. The 10-foot wide asphalt surface is paralleled by a separate equestrian trail in many stretches.
Horses share the main trail with other users only at bridges.
No motorized vehicles are allowed. The first section of the Trace spanned 8.5 miles between Mandeville and Abita Springs and opened September 17, 1994. An eight mile section between Mandeville and Lacombe opened in August of 1997. When all sections are complete, the Tammany Trace will provide bicycle and walking access to 22 schools located within a block of the trail, and to seven parks nearby. In 1986, a group of bicyclists in the New Orleans area heard that Illinois Central Railroad planned to abandon their rail line in St. Tammany Parish.