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This is my second sandbox for complicated nights. WVhybrid 03:27, 24 September 2006 (UTC)


Along the Great Allegheny Passage, near Milepost 100
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Along the Great Allegheny Passage, near Milepost 100
Frostburg trailhead, from top of access trail
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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.

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[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.

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