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Bill Chipman Palouse Trail
The Bill Chipman Palouse Trail is a paved rail trail in the northwestern United States, from Pullman, Washington, eastward to Moscow, Idaho. Completed in 1998, it follows the former Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way and connects the rural university towns on the Palouse across the Idaho-Washington border.
==The trail==
From Pullman, the trail's route gently climbs eastward along Paradise Creek, crossing it 12 times on original railroad bridges.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Whitman County Parks and Recreation )〕 The elevation at its highest point, the eastern terminus at the Perimeter Road trailhead in Idaho, is above sea level and the vertical drop westward to Pullman is just under .〔(msrmaps.com ) - USGS map - Moscow, Idaho - 1975-07-01 - accessed 2011-10-05〕 The trail has two rest areas, three emergency phones, and multiple interpretive areas. It is south of and parallel to State Route 270, the Moscow-Pullman Highway, which becomes State Highway 8 in Idaho.〔 The BCPT is not only a recreational facility, but also a commuter route that connects the land-grant campuses of the University of Idaho and Washington State University.
After 12 years of community vision, perseverance, and donations, along with agency cooperation, the Bill Chipman Palouse Trail was dedicated on April 4, 1998. It is part of the federal Rails to Trails program, which preserves railroad corridors for non-motorized transportation and possible future transportation use. It is open dawn to dusk year round - day use only - and to all ages and abilities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Whitman County Parks and Recreation )〕 The trail is maintained and managed by a coalition of park and trail representatives from Whitman County, the City of Pullman, the City of Moscow, the University of Idaho, and Washington State University. With non-motorized traffic transferred to the BCPT, the highway was later improved and widened to five lanes (two lanes in each direction with a center dividing lane), completed in spring 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Washington State Department of Transportation )〕
The extended time frame for completion was because the railroad was not yet abandoned. Two rail lines ran between Moscow and Pullman and the issue was which to consolidate upon. The former U.P. line, operated by the Palouse River Railroad, ran along Paradise Creek, south of and parallel to Highway 270. Further south, the BNSF line arcs southwest from the state line to follow Sunshine Creek and then the old highway to Pullman Junction. When it was agreed that the BNSF route would remain, the old U.P. route was removed, beginning in October 1996.
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