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List Of Rail Trails In West Virginia
This list of rail trails in West Virginia includes former railroad right-of-ways in West Virginia that have been converted to trails for public use and proposed rail trails. Established rail trails * Allegheny Highland Trail: built as part of the Corridor H project * Beckley Rail Trail: located in the city of Beckley; also known as the Lewis McManus Trail *Blackwater Canyon, over 12 miles * Brooke Pioneer Rail-Trail: asphalt trail in Brooke County * Brooklyn-Southside Junction Trail: an old railroad in the New River Gorge that extends from the old mining towns of Brooklyn to a now-active rail junction just west of Thurmond * Caperton Trail: follows the Monongahela River from the Mon River Rail Trail South to Mon River Rail Trail North through Morgantownhttp://montrails.org * Cheat Lake Trail: follows part of the eastern shore of Cheat Lake north of Interstate 68; an extension north into Pennsylvania would connect it to the Mon River Rail Trail North * Cranberry / Tri-Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right-of-way (railroad)
A right-of-way (ROW) is a right to make a way over a piece of land, usually to and from another piece of land. A right of way is a type of easement granted or reserved over the land for transportation purposes, such as a highway, public footpath, rail transport, canal, as well as electrical transmission lines, oil and gas pipelines. In the case of an easement, it may revert to its original owners if the facility is abandoned. This American English term is also used to denote the land itself. A right of way is granted or reserved over the land for transportation purposes, usually for private access to private land and, historically for a highway, public footpath, rail transport, canal, as well as electrical transmission lines, oil and gas pipelines.Henry Campbell Black: ''Right-of-way.'' In''A law dictionary containing definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern: and including the principal terms of international, constitutiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
