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Completing the Final Segment of the Great Allegheny Passage
By spokesman | September 26, 2008
The Great Allegheny Passage; the rail trail from Cumberland, MD to Pittsburgh, PA; is nearly complete. The final nine miles of the trail near Pittsburgh are in various stages of construction. An article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the last piece, a railroad bridge that will carry the trail across the Monongahela River, has just been acquired by the Allegheny County Government. The bridge is scheduled to open to bicycles and pedestrians on October 4, 2008. Once the bridge and the other segments of the trail are completed later this year, it will be possible to ride the entire distance from Cumberland, MD to Point State Park in Pittsburgh via the trail.
When I rode from Pittsburgh PA to Washington DC in 2000, there were large segments of the GAP trail that were not completed. Due to the missing segments, we had to be creative in finding detours. The detour near Pittsburgh, because we could not use the bridge across the Monongahela River, was quite an adventure. At one point we had to line up and hand our bikes across a ravine. My next trip in 2009 should be much easier. I have written other posts on the C&O Canal and Great Allegheny Passage discussing sights along the trail and information for travelers.
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Topics: C&O Canal/GAP |