Great American Rail-Trail
The Great American Rail-Trail is a proposed cross-country rail trail in the United States. The trail runs between Washington D.C. in the east and the state of Washington in the west. The planned trail would run through 12 states, and be within of 50 million Americans. The work is being facilitated by the Rails to Trails Conservancy. Constructing the Rail Trail involves connecting 145 existing bicycle trails, and filling gaps in 95 existing trails. The project was started in May 2019.