Athens-Belpre Rail-Trail

Athens-Belpre Rail-Trail
Rail Trail
An historic stone stream culvert under a causeway created over a century ago for the former B&O Railroad, in Troy Township, Athens County, Ohio, USA.
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Athens, Athens, Ritchie, Wood
Length	14 mi (23 km)
Animal	Scaphiopus holbrookii
Founded	2010
Owner	Athens Conservancy and Athens County, Ohio
Website: Athens-Belpre Rail-Trail

The Athens-Belpre Rail-Trail is a new trailway now being developed in southeast Ohio. It will link Athens, Ohio, in Athens County, with Belpre, Ohio, in Washington County. It will link on the west with the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway. There are hopes of eventually connecting with the North Bend Rail Trail in West Virginia. It will largely use the former B&O Railroad line from Belpre to Athens, which began as the B&O Short Line, and which became part of the B&O main line to St. Louis, Missouri.

The eastern spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus holbrookii, is known to inhabit one section of the right-of-way.

A supporting wall built in the Skunk Run valley to shore up a sandstone bluff, along the former B&O Railroad, in Troy Township, Athens County, Ohio, USA.