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This page provides a guide to urban
greenway projects utilizing former railroad grades and structures, such as New
York City's High Line. For a broader guide to recreation trails on former
railbeds, please see the more than 400 trails organized
geographically in our Rails-to-Trails category.
Boston
Tremont Underground Theater Space (TUTS) -
Proposal to convert an abandoned Boston subway tunnel into theaters, galleries, and trolley museum
Shelburne Falls (Massachusetts)
Bridge of Flowers -
400-foot trolley bridge built in 1908 over the Deerfield River, converted to gardens and pedestrian use in 1929
Poughkeepsie (New York)
Walkway Over The Hudson -
New York's historic Poughkeepsie Highland Railroad Bridge reopened in 2009 as a pedestrian bridge and state park over the Hudson River
New York City
The High Line -
Linear park built along the New York Central Railroad's former 1.5-mile elevated West Side Line in the lower west side of Manhattan, opened in segments since 2009
The Low Line -
Aims to convert the former Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal beneath Delancey Street into New York City's first subterranean park
The QueensWay -
Plans to convert the former Long Island Railroad Rockaway Beach Branch into a 3.5-mile recreation path and park in Queens
Highbrook Highline -
Proposes to convert a section of former New York, Westchester & Boston Railway railbed into a two-acre greenway in Pelham
Jersey City (New Jersey)
The Embankment -
Aims to develop a public park on the half-mile elevated stone structure that once carried the Pennsylvania Railroad to the Hudson River
Philadelphia
ViaductGreene -
Advocates for the creation of more than two miles of linear greenspace along the former Reading Railroad Viaduct, City Branch, and Pennsylvania Avenue Tunnel
Reading Viaduct Project -
Aims to develop an elevated linear park on the former Reading Railroad Viaduct
Atlanta
Atlanta BeltLine -
Development of 22 miles of former railroad grades encircling Atlanta, including recreation trails, parks, and transit
Chicago
Bloomingdale Trail -
Advocates the conversion of the three mile elevated Bloomingdale Line railroad into a mixed-use trail and linear park
St. Louis
The Trestle -
Converting a 1.5-mile elevated railroad alignment into a linear park and greenway
Minneapolis
Stone Arch Bridge -
2100-foot long stone arch railroad bridge over the Mississippi River, converted for bike and pedestrian use
Northern Pacific Bridge #9 -
952-foot long steel deck truss railroad bridge over the Mississippi River, now part of the Dinkytown Trail
Toronto
West Toronto Railpath -
Two-mile urban trail follows a former railroad grade from The Junction neighborhood toward downtown Toronto
Leeds (UK)
Railway Viaduct -
Proposal to convert a former masonry arch railway bridge into an aerial greenway
Paris (France)
Promenade Plantée -
3-mile elevated linear park built on the former Vincennes railway line
Helsinki (Finland)
Baana -
Mile-long bicycle path follows a former railroad grade below street level through downtown
Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
Hofbogen -
Effort to convert Hofplein Viaduct, a 1.2-mile long railway bridge made of reinforced concrete with 189 arches, into an elevated linear greenway
Jerusalem (Israel)
Train Track Park -
3.5-mile linear greenway links several parks along a former railway grade
Singapore
The Green Corridor -
Aims to convert an existing rail corridor for recreation and transit
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