Barnaget Branch Trail
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The Barnegat Branch Trail is a rail trail in New Jersey.
It occupies a 15.6 mile (25.1 km) abandoned rail corrider in Ocean County, New Jersey that will extend from Barnegat Township to Toms River.[1] The trail, will be built along the abandoned Barnegat Branch Division of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which stopped service on the line in 1977.[2] The trail will be developed in three phases.
Phase I of the trail, will connect West Bay Avenue to the Barnegat Boulevard Extension in Barnegat Township, with work scheduled to begin in fall 2007.[3] The trail surface will be stone dust, typical of rail-trails, with a 10-foot easement.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Work To Begin On 15-Mile Trail From Toms River To Barnegat", Berkeley Times, September 19, 2007.
- ^ Bennett, Don. OFFICIALS UNVEIL RAILTRAILPARK PLAN PRICE TAG WILL BE AT LEAST $9.4M, Ocean County Observer, August 28, 2007.
- ^ Schweiger, Tristan. RAIL-TRAIL WORK WILL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER BARNEGAT-WARETOWN SECTION WILL BE FIRST, Asbury Park Press, August 28, 2007.
- ^ "Work To Begin On 15-Mile Trail From Toms River To Barnegat", The Manchester Times, September 18, 2007. Accessed September 30, 2007.
