Reply #26: Yes, given that we already have such a trail between DC and Ohio. [View All]

The "Great Allegheny Passage" combined with the C&O Canal Bike path provides an almost no interaction with automobiles path between DC and Weirton West Virgina (Which is on the opposite bank of the Ohio from Steubenville Ohio). From Pittsburgh PA (one of the two starting points of Great Allegheny Passage, the other being Weirton West Virginia which can be reached via the Panhandle and then Montour Trails which go around Pittsburgh before joining the Great Allegheny Passage) it is 330 miles in length.

Even starting in Pittsburgh the Great Allegheny Passage is longer in length then was the first "Interstate Highway" in the United States (The Pennsylvania Turnpike) when it opened in 1939 (Again over the Appalachian Mountains AND on an abandoned Railroad line through the PA Turnpike went from Carsille PA, outside Harrisburg to Irwin Pa, outside Pittsburgh instead of between DC and Weirton WV but in the process going around Pittsburgh).

More on the Great Allegheny Passage (Cumberland MD to McKeesport PA):
http://www.atatrail.org/
http://www.atatrail.org/maps/map.cfm

Please note the above includes the Montour Trail which goes through the South Hills of Pittsburgh from McKeesport to the Ohio River opposite Neville Island):
http://www.montourtrail.org/maps/maps.html

Please note while the Great Allegheny Passage is complete, the Montour still has some missing sections, go to its website for details.
http://www.montourtrail.org/panhandle.html

Routes around unfinished parts of the Montour trail:
http://www.montourtrail.org/maps/bypass.html#Panhandle

Unlike the Montour Trail (Which it has extensive contacts with) the Panhandle trail is complete to Weirton West Virgina.

The Panhandle Trail between the Montour trail in Carnegie PA top Weirton West Virginia:
West Virginia trail set:
http://www.wvrtc.org/trails/panhandle-trail.html

Montour website on the Panhandle trail in PA:
http://www.montourtrail.org/panhandle.html

Map of Panhandle Trail:


More on the C&O Bike Trail from DC to Cumberland MD:
http://bikewashington.org/canal/