The Jamaica North Trail is a 6.5-mile-long (10.5 km) pedestrian and cycling trail running through southwest Lincoln,

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According to an October 2003 press release, the city of Lincoln purchased an railway segment for $605,000. Construction began in May 2006, the

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ceremony took place in mid-June 2006, and the trail itself was slated to open in late October 2006. The majority of the trail runs directly through

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, a wooded area covering more than ,
404 error --> which already featured a "recreational" (dirt) trail system of over . The Jamaica North trail connects to the Homestead Trail, which will ultimately extend from Lincoln's Haymarket District (Lincoln, Nebraska), Haymarket District to Marysville,

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. The trail's surface is composed of crushed

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and

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. The Jamaica North Trail follows the path of an abandoned

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segment which ran through the historic town of Jamaica, Nebraska, near Saltillo Road.

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