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The Island Line Trail, also known as the Colchester Causeway, is a 13.4-mile (21.6 km) rail trail located in northwest Vermont. It comprises the Burlington Bike Path , Colchester Park and the Allen Point Access Area . The trail follows the route of the Island Line railroad, built by the Rutland Railroad in 1901.
The Island Line Trail travels from Colchester across Lake Champlain to Grand Isle County; it is a former railroad line. As of the census [1] of 2010, there were 17,067 people, 6,576 households, and 4,184 families residing in the town. The population density was 470 people per square mile.
Falls on the Winooski River between the cities of Winooski (foreground) and Burlington (far shore) Northwesterly view of the Winooski River Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge crossing from Burlington to Colchester along the Island Line Trail at the mouth of the Winooski River. The river is used for a variety of purposes.
Vermont Route 2A (VT 2A) is a largely 13.853-mile (22.294 km) alternate route of US 2 between St. George and Colchester. It begins at VT 116 in St. George and continues north and west through Williston and Essex Junction before ending at US 2 and US 7 in Colchester. [ 2 ]
The Island Line Causeway, a marble tailings and granite rock landfill causeway that stretched from Colchester (on the mainland) three mi (4.8 km) north and west to South Hero, Vermont. Two breaks in the causeway were spanned by a fixed iron trestle and a swing bridge that could be opened to allow boats to pass.
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To the east, across the eastern arm of Lake Champlain, is the town of Milton in Chittenden County, and to the south across the lake is the town of Colchester, also in Chittenden County, to which it is connected via the Island Line Trail (with a 200 foot gap that is serviced by a small ferry).
Vermont Route 127 (VT 127) is a state highway in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.It currently exists in two segments: a signed, locally maintained portion in the city of Burlington and the town of Colchester, and an unsigned, state-maintained portion within the town of Colchester.