The bike trail travels from the foot of the Ambassador Bridge (at Peter Street and Huron Church Road), to traffic lights at Riverside Drive and Lincoln Avenue (continuing as bike lanes to George Avenue and Wyandotte Street, for a total distance of 8.0 km (5.0 mi)).

Many cities across North America (such as Detroit, Michigan, Toledo, Ohio, Toronto, Ontario, New York City, New York, and San Francisco, California) have expressed interest in similar riverfront parkland and bike trails, and many (such as Detroit) have already started construction on their own parks and trails.

Throughout its history, the trail was repeatedly widened and upgraded, and even is paved with the original asphalt and cement used on the Ambassador Bridge.

Heading along the College Avenue Recreationway, a cyclist can reach Ojibway Park, Spring Garden ANSI (Area of Natural Scientific Interest), and even the La Salle Trail Network in LaSalle, Ontario.

The Cleary Guest House (also known as the Queen Elizabeth rest stop) was the focus of a recent controversy in regard to tearing down the structure and replacing it with a new service center of the same name.

In June 2006, construction and upgrades were completed near the Caron Street Pumping Station, just across from the CBC Windsor television studio.

The city and Windsor Star have done a poll on AM 800 CKLW at the beginning of September 2006, and the respondents said they would like to have a small casual restaurant along the trail (such as a pizza stall), near the Cleary Guest House for joggers, park-goers, and cyclists.

In place of the torn-down Queen Elizabeth Guest House, a much larger and better-accessible restaurant was built into the hillside at the corner of Ouellette Avenue and Riverside Drive, with an expanded parking lot next to it.

Recently, the City of Windsor's Department of Parks and Recreation, announced a 1.1 m extension along Riverside Drive to link the Russell Street Recreationway, although no timeline has been set, but will incorporate the sidewalk into a widened bike trail, which will minimize costs and congestion.