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Search:  55 top-level albums (60 total), 924 images on 4 pages   [slideshow] [login] [register]         1   2   3   4    Covington Riverfront Commons Trail (Proposed) March 2008 This walking/ bicycling trail would run along Covington, Kentucky’s floodwall, and be part of the proposed Southbank Partners “Riverfront Commons” development. The Southbank Partners have a very impressive animation video on their website: http://southbankpartners.com/home.asp. Owner: alan bell Last changed on 05/20/08. This album contains 5 items This album has been viewed 357 times since 05/19/08. Cadiz/Trigg County The Cadiz Rail Trail is a 1.5 mile paved trail which begins in Cadiz Central Park and ends at Commerce St. Owner: Keith Lovan Last changed on 05/21/08. This album contains 4 items This album has been viewed 437 times since 05/07/08. Redbud Ride, April 19th, 2008 The first annual Magoffin County Redbud Horseback Ride was held at the farm of Mark Minix on Saturday, April 19,2008 on the Right Fork of the Oakley. The ride was organized by local horseback riders to show the feasibility of using the railroad corridor being abandoned by R.J. Corman in Breathitt, Johnson and Magoffin Counties to create the “Big Lovely Mountain Trail” as a multi use non motorized trail. By all accounts, the ride went extremely well with over 100 riders in attendance. Owner: Dixie Moore Last changed on 04/25/08. This album contains 12 items This album has been viewed 705 times since 04/21/08. Plans for the 2008 Cycling Relay Ashland to Lexington Details for the 2008 Cycling Relay between Ashland and Lexington are in links on the homepage of the KRTC website. This is a National Trail Day Event on Saturday, May 31st, 2008. The ride is to promote the development of multi-use trails throughout the state and specifically the creation of a continuous railtrail over the abandoned 106 mile CSX railroad corridor between Lexington and Ashland. The relay will follow county roads close to the corridor and in a few places be on the corridor or adjacent to it. The relay will start at 7 AM at Princess in Boyd County and end at Pleasant Ridge Park, 1350 Pleasant Ridge Drive in eastern Fayette County. The distance of the cycling relay is 133 miles and can be completed with a road bike. Greeters and support people will be needed along the route. If you want to volunteer or help sponsor the ride please contact Dixie Moore at dixiemoore@insightbb.com. Volunteers who sag will be reimbursed for gas mileage. Owner: Dixie Moore Last changed on 06/04/08. This album contains 30 items This album has been viewed 1212 times since 04/15/08. Winchester Traveling Trail Dedication, 4/9/08 The Winchester Traveling Trail was dedicated April 9th at the corner of Colby Road and the Bypass on commercial property owned by Clark Medical Center. The inaugural walk was lead by First Lady Jane Beshear. The mowed 2.5-mile trail will stay in its proposed location for at least a year. The project is a collaborative effort between the Clark Co. Activity Coalition, Bluegrass Rails to Trails and the following sponsors: Clark Regional Medical Center, Clark Co. Health Dept., Ertel Medicine & Pediatrics, Graves & Dean Construction, the Allen Company, Bypass Rental, Boonesboro Animal Clinic, Winchester/Clark Co. Parks & Rec, City of Winchester, Winchester Municipal Utilities and Clark Energy Cooperative. see www.travelingtrail.org Owner: Dixie Moore Last changed on 04/10/08. This album contains 6 items This album has been viewed 431 times since 04/10/08. Lexington Ashland Relay, 2005,2006,2007 Contains albums of the relays from 2005, 2006 and 2007. Owner: Dixie Moore Last changed on 04/08/08. This album contains 4 items This album has been viewed 282 times since 04/08/08. Brighton East Rail Trail Press Conference Mayor Newberry annouced that the Brighton East Rail Trail would be dedicated at a press conference held on April 18, 2007 Owner: Keith Lovan Last changed on 05/28/07. This album contains 13 items This album has been viewed 1238 times since 05/11/07. Brighton East Rail Trail, Lexington Ky Owner: Dixie Moore Last changed on 04/08/08. This album contains 1 item This album has been viewed 271 times since 04/08/08. C & O Towpath/ Capital Crescent Trail, Washington DC The C & O Towpath goes from Washington DC to Cumberland Maryland to meet the Great Allegheny Passage trail. The Capital Crescent is asphalt from Georgetown to Bethesda, MD and gravel to Silver Spring Owner: Steele Hinton Last changed on 02/17/08. This album contains 12 items This album has been viewed 736 times since 02/16/08. Chief Ladiga Trail, Alabama, July 3, 2006 This trail goes from Anniston, Alabama, to the Georgia line, connecting to the Silver comet Trail- or at least it soon will. Owner: Steele Hinton Last changed on 02/15/08. This album contains 17 items This album has been viewed 736 times since 02/15/08. Tyrone Bridge and Railtrail Company, Young's High Bridge This project is a 2.8 mile corridor owned by Norfolk Southern that goes from Lawrenceburg near the glass recyling plant to the Wild Turkey distillery and includes Young's High Bridge across the Kentucky River. The unique and historic Bennett H. Young Bridge would be tallest rail trial bridge in the nation. The bridge is 1659 feet in length, 283 feet above the low water mark and has a 551 ft. long cantilevered span. The bridge and corridor is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The corridor is currently railbanked. More information in vol 7, no 1, January 2004 Trail Time, http://www.kyrailtrail.org/news.php. Owner: Dixie Moore Last changed on 02/03/08. This album contains 16 items This album has been viewed 799 times since 01/30/08. Bob Amos Trail in Pike County This is a trail in Pike County located on a reclaimed strip mine. Owner: Keith Lovan Last changed on 12/19/07. This album contains 10 items This album has been viewed 969 times since 11/28/07. Public Meetings on the Dawkins Line, Nov 14 & 15 Two public meetings were held on 11/14/2007 and 11/15/2007 at the Recreation Center in Paintsville and at the Lloyd M. Hall Community Center in Saylersville. The Big Sandy Area Development District held the meetings to give information and to get public input on the proposed rail trail project along the Dawkins Line in Johnson, Magoffin and Breathitt Counties. Several RT supporters from the cycling, hiking and horseback riding community attended the meetings. Information was provided, many questions were asked and opinions both for and against the creation the trail were expressed. The 36 mile ROW owned by R.J. Corman that is railbanked starts at Evanston in Breathitt County, runs south of Salyersville in Magoffin County and ends at West Van Lear in Johnson County near Paintsville. More information about the trail can be found in the January and April 2005 newsletters , vol 8. no 1 & 2. http://www.kyrailtrail.org/news.php. Owner: Dixie Moore Last changed on 11/17/07. This album contains 7 items This album has been viewed 605 times since 11/17/07. Pictures of Completed Railtrail Sections in KY Pictures of completed sections of railtrails in Kentucky. Many of these sections are part of larger planned multi-use trails. See the section under "Trails and Greenways" for more information about individual trails. Owner: Dixie Moore Last changed on 10/03/07. This album contains 7 items This album has been viewed 1000 times since 10/02/07. Signs, crossings, bridges and other trail elements Owner: Dixie Moore Last changed on 04/07/08. This album contains 74 items This album has been viewed 2827 times since 07/04/07.       1   2   3   4    Powered by Gallery v1.4.4-pl6 RSS

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