Farmington Canal Trail
The Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is an 80-mile (130 km) multi-use rail trail located in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The trail was built on former New Haven and Northampton Company (NH&N) (later New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ) railbed, which was constructed along the route of the Farmington Canal in Connecticut and the Hampshire and Hampden Canal in Massachusetts, respectively.
The sections from New Haven to Tariffville are part of the East Coast Greenway, a partially completed trail intended to link Maine with Florida.
Read more about Farmington Canal Trail: Railroad History, Trail Status
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