Swamp Rabbit Trail
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The Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail is a 19.9mi multi-use rail trail in Greenville County, South Carolina, that largely follows the bed of a former railroad that had been nicknamed after the indigenous swamp rabbit. South-to-north the current trail begins at Greenville Technical College, crosses the city of Greenville, proceeds through Falls Park and the campus of Furman University, and ends about a mile north of the Travelers Rest city limits.HistoryIn 1999 the city of Greenville created the Greenville County Economic Development Corporation to purchase the roadbed of the abandoned Greenville & Northern Railway for dual use as a greenway and light rail passenger line. Although the proposed commuter rail was abandoned, planning for a multi-use trail began in the summer of 2005, and the Swamp Rabbit Trail officially opened in 2010 after considerable "legal entanglements, regulatory roadblocks, financial issues and citizen opposition."One currently unconnected section runs from Lake Conestee Nature Park to Parkins Mill Road and I-85, and another disconnected section exists in Fountain Inn. Residents of the affluent Parkins Mill neighborhood have opposed a connector from the Lake Conestee section, but Greenville County plans to bridge the gap with underpasses or overpasses.
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