Another old ROW is being converted into a rail trail in North Jersey
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Construction recently began on a project that will repurpose an abandoned stretch of railroad into a recreational path for cyclists and pedestrians. The long-awaited project will create a 4.8-mile trail from Wayne to Pequannock Township.
The asphalt-covered trail will be 10 feet wide, representing a similar concept to the Traction Line — a path that runs from Morristown to Madison.
Trains haven't run on the route for more than a decade. The stretch was once a commuter line and was later used as NYS&W’s Pompton Industrial Spur, serving freight customers along the path.
Construction has begun on the long-awaited New York Susquehanna & Western (NYS&W) Railway Bicycle and Pedestrian Shared Use Path, a 4.8 mile trail project spearheaded by Morris County to repurpose an abandoned stretch of railroad for a non-motorized recreational path from Pequannock Township to Wayne Township.
Brush clearing and preliminary work on lifting old rails began last week on the $20 million, federally-funded project which was initiated by the Morris County Board of County Commissioners to transform an old railroad bed into a recreational trail linking Morris and Passaic counties. The path of the project begins at River Drive in Pequannock near Route 23, connecting with the township’s Aquatic Park, and runs southward to Mountainview Boulevard near NJ Transit’s Mountain View rail station in Wayne.