Stretch of old Missouri rail line to be transferred to state for Rock Island bike trail | Political Fix | stltoday.com

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A 144-mile stretch of the former Rock Island rail line is set to be transferred to the state by the end of 2017 for eventual use as a bike trail, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said at a news conference Wednesday.

That land is being donated by Ameren, which bought the Rock Island corridor in 1999 through a subsidiary. Crews already have started work clearing brush and removing rail and ties. . . .

The chunk of land set to be transferred runs between Beaufort, which is west of Union in Franklin County, and Windsor, about 90 miles southeast of Kansas City.

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