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The Northeast Texas Trail (NETT) is a planned 130+-mile multi-use trail (currently over 70 miles are open) along the route, following alongside Texas State Highway 82 and Texas State Highway 34. When complete, the trail will connect 19 cities spread over seven counties, stretching from the edge of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex to the Texarkana metropolitan area along the Arkansas border. When completed the Northeast Texas Trail will be the longest hike/bike and equestrian trail in Texas and the fourth-longest in the United States. The trail is being designed to provide access for hikers, mountain bicyclists, and equestrians. It will be accessible through trailheads running through cities along the trail, while the trail will extend into more remote areas between the cities. The first trail section, the 2.36 multi-use portion "Trail de Paris" was dedicated in 2004. Scattered along the trail are several creeks and over one hundred rail bridges, including a crossing of the Sulphur River and many branches of Kickapoo Creek. ==History== In the late 1990s, two railroads—the Union Pacific Railroad and the Chaparral Railroad decided to cease active service and publicized their railroad corridors availability for rail banking through the Surface Transportation Board of the United States Department of Transportation. Three private organizations Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) 1997, Greater Paris Development Foundation (GPDF) 1996, and Chaparral Rails to Trails Inc. (CRT) 1995. This adaptive re-use of unused railroad tracks unifies many northeast Texas counties and cities and provides a major recreational amenity for the more than 47,500 people who live and work within a mile of the Trail. The new, partly completed tail attracts pedestrians and nature-lovers, both Texas residents and visitors. 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「Northeast Texas Trail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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