10,000 Miles of Rail-Trail
Our country has reached a remarkable milestone: the conversion of 1000 rail corridors into multi-user trail, totaling 10,000 miles.
The East Coast Greenway Alliance commemorated this wonderful achievement with
- Senator John H. Chafee of Rhode Island
- Governor Lincoln C. Almond of Rhode Island
- Governor John G. Rowland of Connecticut
- RI Adjutant General Reginald A. Centracchio
- CT Adjutant General David W. Gay
- David Burwell, President, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Karen Votava, Executive Director, ECGA
- area school children
- other trail enthusiasts from the region
as we conducted a Golden Spike ceremony at the Washington Secondary/Charter Oak Greenway, connecting Rhode Island and Connecticut on the East Coast Greenway route.
Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 10-11 a.m.
Location: Greene, RI at the intersection of Rt. 117 and Hopkins Hollow Road, near the RI/CT border.
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