Monday, December 18, 2017

What could you do with a railroad grade, once the tracks and ties are removed? Barry has a fantastic idea, why not make it a bike path across the state, or region, or even across country?


You could run a bull dozer down it, and smooth it... then pave it, and have a very straight, very level bike path for cross country bikers.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/7610712-post23065.html

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  1. Build trails across the country like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_Canada_Trail

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    1. that is a fantastic idea! There isn't a bike path worth mentioning around or through the USA, and Canada's is only 1/2 finished, and 1/2 existing roads.

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  2. The Fox River Trail in Northern Illinois, west of Chicago, covers 40 plus miles, most of it on repurposed interurban RR beds along the Fox River. Easily accessible and a beautiful ride along the entire length. Numerous times I have ridden along one of those very gradual uphill sections and offered silent praise to the long forgotten surveyor who laid out that RR line!

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