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The Katy Trail State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Missouri that contains the Katy Trail, a recreational rail trail that runs in the right-of-way of the former Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://mostateparks.com/page/57943/trail-history-and-features )〕 Running largely along the northern bank of the Missouri River, it is the country's longest Rails-to-Trails trail.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Rails-to-Trails Conservancy )〕 The trail is open for use by hikers, joggers, and cyclists year-round, from sunrise to sunset. Its hard, flat surface is of "limestone pug" (crushed limestone). The nickname "Katy" comes from the phonetic pronunciation of 'KT' in the railroad's abbreviated name, MKT. Sections of the Katy are also part of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and the American Discovery Trail. ==History== Conversion of right-of-way to a trail was made possible by the National Trails System Act of 1968. In 1982, the city of Columbia opened the MKT Trail on an abandoned spur of the Katy as one of the first rails-to-trails pilot projects in the United States. On October 4, 1986, floodwater from the Missouri River severely damaged the track along the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad's route from Sedalia to Machens, Missouri. The route had been washed out and repaired many times, but this time, railroad officials decided not to return the tracks to service. Trains were re-routed, and the right-of-way was to be abandoned. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources purchased the right-of-way with a donation from Edward D. "Ted" Jones and Pat Jones of Williamsburg and St. Louis. In 1990, the first segment of the trail officially opened in Rocheport. In 1991, the Union Pacific Railroad donated of right-of-way from Sedalia to Clinton. The trail was initially planned for completion in 1994. However, the Great Flood of 1993 damaged of the original of the trail. The completed trail from St. Charles to Sedalia was finally opened in 1996; the section from Sedalia to Clinton opened in 1999.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MKT Nature and Fitness Trail History )〕〔 In 2011. the trail was expanded to include the corridor from St. Charles to Machens. Plans are also underway to expand the trail to the suburbs of Kansas City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kansas City extension closer to reality )〕 A 2002 study by the Mid-America Regional Council lays out options, including a deal with AmerenUE to allow the use of its unused Rock Island Corridor rail line. Missouri Governor Matt Blunt asked Ameren to allow the use of the Rock Island Corridor for this purpose as compensation for a flood which devastated Johnson's Shut-ins State Park after the failure of a dam owned by Ameren. A settlement to this effect was reached in 2007, although no date has been given for project completion. There is an effort to create a four-state trail system using several trails already in existence including the Katy. This "quad state" trail would connect Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katy Trail State Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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