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450x450px, The Washington Secondary Bike path includes several bridges. The Washington Secondary Rail Trail (also known as the Washington Secondary Bike Path) is a
rail trail A rail trail is a shared-use path on railway right of way. Rail trails are typically constructed after a railway has been abandoned and the track has been removed, but may also share the right of way with active railways, light rail, or streetca ...
located in Rhode Island. The trail measures and has sections that are paved and unpaved. It runs along an abandoned rail corridor of the former
Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad The New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE) was a railroad connecting southern New York State with Hartford, Connecticut; Providence, Rhode Island; and Boston, Massachusetts. It operated under that name from 1873 to 1893. Prior to 1873 it was k ...
. The trail serves the communities of
Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed ...
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West Warwick West Warwick is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 31,012 at the 2020 census. West Warwick was incorporated in 1913, making it the youngest town in the state. Prior to 1913, the town, situated on the wester ...
, Warwick, and Cranston. It combines, from west to east, the Trestle Trail, Trestle Trail East, Coventry Greenway, West Warwick Greenway, Warwick Greenway, and Cranston Bike Path. Long-term plans envision the Washington Secondary Rail Trail connecting with the
Blackstone River Bikeway The Blackstone River Greenway in October 2006, approximately one mile south of the Martin Street Bridge, Lincoln, Rhode Island The Blackstone River Greenway (formerly Bikeway) is a partially completed paved rail trail defining the course of ...
, the
East Bay Bike Path The East Bay Bike Path is a paved rail trail in Rhode Island. The path begins in Providence and India Point Park, crosses the Seekonk River via the George Redman Linear Park (opened September 2015) and Washington Bridge and continues southe ...
, and the Moosup Valley State Park Trail in Connecticut. The Washington Secondary Rail Trail is a designated section of the East Coast Greenway.


Coventry section

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Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed ...
* 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 Connecticut state line. The pavement continues for northeast 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 Pawtuxet 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 .


Trestle Trail crossings (unpaved)


Paved crossings


West Warwick section

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West Warwick West Warwick is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 31,012 at the 2020 census. West Warwick was incorporated in 1913, making it the youngest town in the state. Prior to 1913, the town, situated on the wester ...
* distance The West Warwick Greenway segment is fully paved, from the Coventry section to the Warwick leg. The right of way passes by the commercial district of Arctic. Along the trail are two mills, one commercial/industry and one residential (Royal Mills, Ace Dying Mill complex). Bradford Soap Works straddles the greenway not far after.


Crossings


Warwick section

* Warwick * distance The Warwick Greenway provides an almost direct connection to Bald Hill road and the Malls; ( RI and Warwick). Another truss bridge is on the path nearby the West Warwick sewer treatment facility (the township line is nearby the greenway).


Crossings


Cranston section

* Cranston * distance The Cranston Bike Path is the longest paved section, the greenway passes through Oaklawn, Knightsville and the Gladstone sections of Cranston. The northern terminus at the moment ends at the northern end of Garfield avenue, at the Cranston Police department. The right of way, accessible almost up to the tracks continues north for .33 miles until it merges with
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's Northeast Corridor.


Crossings


See also

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Blackstone River Bikeway The Blackstone River Greenway in October 2006, approximately one mile south of the Martin Street Bridge, Lincoln, Rhode Island The Blackstone River Greenway (formerly Bikeway) is a partially completed paved rail trail defining the course of ...
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East Bay Bike Path The East Bay Bike Path is a paved rail trail in Rhode Island. The path begins in Providence and India Point Park, crosses the Seekonk River via the George Redman Linear Park (opened September 2015) and Washington Bridge and continues southe ...
* Greenways Alliance of Rhode Island


References


External links

* {{cite web, title=Washington Secondary Bike Path, url=http://www.traillink.com/trail/washington-secondary-bike-path.aspx, website=TrailLink, publisher=Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, accessdate=15 June 2016 Coventry, Rhode Island Cranston, Rhode Island Rail trails in Rhode Island East Coast Greenway Warwick, Rhode Island West Warwick, Rhode Island