How wide will the trail be? How wide is the Right of Way?
Except in several isolated cases where 20 to 50 feet was specified, the deeds convey ‘a strip of land’ of sufficient width to operate and maintain a standard gauge railroad. Norfolk-Southern claims the width of the rail corridor is 100 feet (except in the isolated cases where 20 to 50 feet is specified). The 100-foot width has been shown on numerous maps since at least 1916 filed with the federal and state governments for regulatory and revenue purposes. The trail surface whether paved, crushed gravel or other surface would probably be 10 to 12 feet in width following the crown of the existing rail bed.
