State and local officials will celebrate with a ribbon-cutting on Friday the completion of the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Trail, a 5.8-mile loop around Belle Isle.

The $10.5 million trail segment is part of the vast Iron Belle Trail, a system of hiking and biking trails that extends from Belle Isle through Michigan to Ironwood in the far western U.P.

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State and local officials are preparing a public ribbon-cutting celebration on Friday, Sept. 12 on Belle Isle, unveiling the completion of the latest segment of the Iron Belle Trail, the longest state-designated trail in the U.S. at more than 2,000 miles of separate hiking and bike paths, from the island park in Detroit to the far western Upper Peninsula.

The ceremony marks the end of Phase 2 construction of the Ra

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