Finished trail will stretch north-south across Ocean County
http://tomsriver.patch.com/articles/county-plans-next-leg-of-rail-trail
http://tomsriver.patch.com/articles/county-plans-next-leg-of-rail-trail
County Plans Next Leg of Rail Trail
- Thread starter dogg57
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They have done a very nice job on it so far. It gets very light use though. We use it every once in a while and see very few folks. It will be even better when the entire trail is completed, all 15 1/2 miles of it. And then perhaps 7 existing plans will go forward using the other existing right-of-ways to connect to it. That would be very nice.
A county link with more details;
http://www.planning.co.ocean.nj.us/transp-railtrail.htm
The conceptual plan with town by town descriptions with pictures. Also some CNJ railroad history;
http://www.planning.co.ocean.nj.us/rail/plan/2007-08_final_plan.pdf
A county link with more details;
http://www.planning.co.ocean.nj.us/transp-railtrail.htm
The conceptual plan with town by town descriptions with pictures. Also some CNJ railroad history;
http://www.planning.co.ocean.nj.us/rail/plan/2007-08_final_plan.pdf
Many years ago I read an article (maybe in popular mechanics?) about building a rail bike that could travel down abandoned rail beds using one of the rails. Has anyone seen this?
I ride my bike and walk on the Barnegat Branch Trail a few times a year. I would like to see it extended to Tom's River. It is a good use of old RR beds.