Project Information

This November 23, 2015 study was prepared by Campbell Thomas & Company in association with Laird LA, PLLC and TPW Design Studies.  The study was prepared for The September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance and Somerset County, Pennsylvania.  Financial support for this study was made possible through The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies and the September 11th National Memorial Trail Alliance.

According to the executive summary, "the specific focus of this study is generally the northerly segment of the “conceptual” triangle through Pennsylvania. It will link the route coming from the Pentagon National Memorial, along the Great Allegheny Passage, as it comes into Garrett, Pennsylvania, to the Flight 93 National Memorial, being built by the National Park Service near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and then to either a point near the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania, where it will link to the Liberty Water Gap Trail, or possibly another network through northern New Jersey to the National September 11 Memorial. While this study briefly discusses scenic on-road motoring routes, the project team’s primary objective was to examine the off-road routes forming the non-motorized component of the memorial trail for bicycling, hiking, pedestrian and possible equestrian use in some areas."

Documents

Below are links to the trail alignment study for the trail's northern pilgrimage through Pennsylvania.  Due to file size, the study has been uploaded and linked in four parts.

Project Information

This January 2019 feasibility study was prepared by Campbell Thomas & Company in association with Laird LA, PLLC.  The study was prepared for the Allegheny Ridge Corporation for the purpose of determining the alignment of a 42-mile-long trail corridor through Mifflin and Huntingdon Counties from Lewistown to Alexandria and Alfarata, where the Lower Trail currently ends.  The study also provides costs of design and development, maintenance needs, and surface recommendations along with ways to interpret and include the history in the area and address the needs of both long distance and local trail users.

Documents

Below are links to the 2019 study regarding the September 11th National Memorial Trail portion of the Main Line Canal Greenway.  Due to file sizes, the study has been uploaded and linked in five parts.