Great Allegheny Passage

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Along the Great Allegheny Passage, near Milepost 100

Frostburg trailhead, from top of access trail

The Great Allegheny Passage is a bicycle and foot trail currently under construction that will run for 150 miles (240 km) from Cumberland, Maryland to Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a 52-mile (83 km) branch to the Pittsburgh International Airport. When complete, this rail trail will link up with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath trail, which runs for 185 miles (296 km) between Cumberland and Washington, DC.

1 Trail development
2 Construction plans
3 Reference
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Trail development

The Allegheny Trail Alliance is a group of seven trail organizations who have joined together to bring this trail to completion. The affiliated trails and the lengths of their trails are:

Trail	Completed Mileage (km)^[1]	Mileage Underway (km)	Total Mileage (km)
Three Rivers Heritage Trail	1.5 (2.4)	5 (8)	6.5 (10.4)
Steel Valley Trail	4 (6.4)	10 (16)	14 (22.4)
Montour Trail	40 (64.4)	7 (11.3)	47 (75.7)
Youghiogheny River Trail, North	43 (68.8)	0	43 (68.8)
Youghiogheny River Trail, South	28 (44.8)	0	28 (44.8)
Allegheny Highlands Trail in Pennsylvania	41 (66.0)	0	41 (66.0)
Allegheny Highlands Trail in Maryland	12 (19.3)	9 (14.5)	21 (33.8)
Great Allegheny Trail total			200.5 (320.8)
At Cumberland the ATA system connects with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath
C&O Canal Towpath	184.5 (295.4)	0	184.5 (295.4)
Total including C & O Canal			385.0 (616.0)

[edit] Construction plans

The 9 mile section between Woodcock Hollow and Cumberland is scheduled to be complete December 6, 2006.^[2] At that time 130 miles of continuous trail will be open from Boston, Pennsylvania to Cumberland, Maryland.