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Pennsylvania Rail Trails are former railway lines that have been converted to paths designed for pedestrian, bicycle, skating, equestrian, or light motorized traffic. Rail trails are multi-use paths offering, at a minimum, a combination of pedestrian and cycle recreation.
Pages in category "Rail trails in Pennsylvania" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Allegheny River Tunnel, Pittsburgh Light Rail, Pittsburgh; Benford Tunnel, CSX Transportation, Confluence, daylighted in 2012 [3] Big Savage Tunnel, 3,294 feet (1,004 m) Wellersburg, was Western Maryland Railway, now Rails-to-trails [4] Bow Ridge Tunnel (1864), Pennsylvania Railroad, Westmoreland County [5]
The Lower Trail (/'laʊ.ər/, rhymes with "flower") is a 16.5-mile (26.6 km) rail trail that follows the Juniata River in West-Central Pennsylvania from Flowing Springs in Blair County to Alfarata in Huntingdon County. The Lower Trail is owned and maintained by Rails to Trails of Central Pennsylvania, a 501c3 organization.
The Pine Creek Rail Trail is the only rail trail in the Appalachian Mountains of north-central Pennsylvania. The trail begins just north of Wellsboro , runs south through Pine Creek Gorge (also known as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania) and ends at Jersey Shore .
The most unique aspect of the Lebanon Valley Rail-Trail is that all fundraising, construction management, trail maintenance and public relations is performed by an extremely dedicated core group of volunteers. Lebanon Valley Rails-to-Trail, Inc. is the non-profit organization formed in 1996 to spearhead this rail-trail's development and management.
The SVRG is overseen by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The SVRG is not supported by the local community, and does not show signs of advancement opportunities. Possibly, the only opportunity comes at the hand of the rails-to-trails conservancy, which has an ultimate goal of connecting trails from former rail lines nationwide.
Construction on the Buffalo Valley Rail Trail began in March 2011 [7] and the first phase of construction, from Lewisburg to Mifflinburg, was completed at the end of November 2011. [8] An expansion of the trail east in Lewisburg from 12th Street to 5th Street is dependent on approval by PennDOT for a proposed at-grade signalized crossing of ...