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The Washington Secondary Rail Trail (also known as the Washington Secondary Bike Path) is a rail trail located in Rhode Island. The trail measures 〔http://www.dot.ri.gov/community/bikeri/washington.php〕 and has sections which are paved and unpaved. It runs along an abandoned rail corridor of the former Providence, Hartford, & Fishkill Railroad. The trail serves the communities of Coventry, West Warwick, Warwick, and Cranston. Long term plans envision the Washington Secondary Rail Trail connecting with the Blackstone River Bikeway, the East Bay Bike Path and the Moosup Valley State Park Trail in Connecticut.〔http://www.traillink.com/trail/moosup-valley-state-park-trail.aspx〕 The Washington Secondary Rail Trail is a designated section of the East Coast Greenway. ==Coventry section== * Coventry * distance The Washington Secondary Bike Path starts near the Summit General Store on Log Bridge Road at the south/western paved end of the Coventry segment. West of this point, the trail is known as the ''Trestle Trail'' to the Ct state line. The pavement continues for north/east until the town line with West Warwick. Over the duration of the 4.0 paved miles, the Coventry greenway passes alongside the Flat River Reservoir, Knotty Oak Cemetery, the Merrill S. Whipple Conservation Area, and the upper branch of the Pawtuxtet river over 4 bridges (3 water, 1 road, 1 of them a truss design). The path follows the direction of RI 117. In 2014 the original Coventry Greenway section was rehabilitated and the ''Trestle Trail East'' section was added, extending the western end by almost five miles. Connecting the last section to the Connecticut border (and connection to the Moosup Valley State Park Trail) is planned which would bring the total length of the path to .〔http://www.dot.ri.gov/community/bikeri/washington.php〕 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「Washington Secondary Rail Trail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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