Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the communities through which the trail runs
Website
https://brucefreemanrailtrail.org/
The Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a partially-completed rail trail in Massachusetts. The path is a 10-foot-wide (3.0 m) paved multi-use trail, available for walking, running, biking, rollerblading, and other non-motorized uses.[1] It follows the right-of-way of the disused Framingham and Lowell Line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.[2] The constructed route connects with the Bay Circuit Trail, and Phase 2D will connect with the Mass Central Rail Trail - Wayside.[3] The total planned length of the trail—which will eventually run continuously between Lowell and Framingham—is just under 25 miles (40 km).[1][2] The trail is named for Bruce Freeman, a state representative from Chelmsford who was an early political supporter of the project.[4] The trail is owned by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation from Lowell to South Sudbury.[5] In July 2020, MassTrails awarded Sudbury $300,000 to purchase the right-of-way from South Sudbury to the Framingham line, and Sudbury became the railbanking trail sponsor for this section in December 2020.[6][7] In December 2022, Framingham signed a purchase-and-sale agreement with CSX to purchase the right-of-way in Framingham, and Framingham became the railbanking trail sponsor for this section in December 2023.[8][7] The trail is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the communities through which the trail runs.[9]
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^ ab"Bruce Freeman Rail Trail". Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
^"Existing and Proposed Facilities". Central Transportation Planning Staff. February 17, 2005 – via Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
^"About Bruce Freeman". Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
^"Rail Trail Acronyms". Friends of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
^"2020 MassTrails Grant Awards". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. July 2020. p. 8.
^ abDinh, Mai (December 4, 2023). "Decision and Notice of Interim Trail Use or Abandonment, Docket No. AB 565 (Sub-No 1X)" (PDF). Surface Transportation Board. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
^"6,000 days later: Framingham on track for rail trail". MetroWest Daily News. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
^Smith, Margaret. "In Lowell, Bruce Freeman Rail Trail marks point of connection". Wicked Local. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
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