Plans for 1,600-mile, five-state trail system in OH, PA, WV, MD, & NY | Ohio.com

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The envisioned interconnected trail system would cover nearly 1,600 miles in Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, western Maryland and western New York. It would include eight key corridors connecting major cities, including Akron, Cleveland, Youngstown, Morgantown, Parkersburg, Erie and Pittsburgh.

The system of trails in 53 counties in the five states is already 53 percent complete, said Davitt Woodwell of the Pittsburgh-based Pennsylvania Environmental Council that is spearheading the push for the still-unnamed trail system along with the national Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.

Completing the trail system probably would take about 20 years, he said.

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MoBikeFed comment: This system would give our proposed Quad-state Trail System--over 700 miles of trail in MO, KS, NE, and IA, a run for its money.

Though with the additional of the proposed new section of the Rock Island Trail, our Quad-state Trail just expanded to over 800 miles, and with proposed trails in KS and NE, it could become bigger yet.

http://mobikefed.org/2005/06/quad-state-trail-system-mapped-over-700-mil...