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High Trestle Trail is a rail trail running from Ankeny, Iowa, to Woodward, Iowa.〔http://www.inhf.org//trails/high-trestle.cfm Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) website, updated October 2011, retrieved October 14, 2011.〕〔http://www.inhf.org//trails/high-trestle.cfm INHF website, released February 2011, retrieved March 14, 2011.〕 The recreation trail opened on April 30, 2011.〔http://www.inhf.org/pdfs/11_INHF_winter_mag_pp1-16_1-7-11_final_11.pdf ''Celebrate a world-class trails destination'' INHF Winter 2011 Magazine website retrieved March 14, 2011〕〔http://www.inhf.org/high-trestle-trail-intro.cfm ''Premier trail and bridge officially opens at Grand Celebration, April 2011'' INHF website, updated October 2011, retrieved October 10, 2011.〕〔http://www.inhf.org//trails/high-trestle.cfm ''Map of High Trestle Trail'' INHF website retrieved March 14, 2011〕〔http://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/conservation/parks-trails/13-high-trestle-trail/map-detail/ ''High Trestle Trail Map'' Polk County Conservation Board website retrieved April 20, 2013〕〔http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/pdf/bikemap.pdf ''Transportation Map for Bicyclists'', 2010 edition, (see trail #2) Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) website retrieved February 17, 2010〕 It is a paved recreational trail that runs through the counties of Polk, Story, Boone, and Dallas in Iowa. The trail's name is derived from a former 1913 bridge that spanned the Des Moines River between the towns of Madrid and Woodward. Conservation board directors and the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation estimate that more than 3,000 people use this trail each week.〔http://www.inhf.org/high-trestle-trail-intro.cfm ''High Trestle Trail'' Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation website updated June 2011 retrieved July 19, 2011.〕 The trail is a major component of a planned pair of 100-mile (160 km) loops that will meet near Des Moines.〔 ==Development== The High Trestle Trail follows the route of a former Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) freight line between Woodward and Ankeny, Iowa. UPRR first proposed retiring the line in 2003. The Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF), which had organized other rail-trail projects in Iowa, bought the 439-acre corridor from UPRR in 2005. As part of the transaction, UPRR donated over $3 million of land value. INHF then transferred sections of the land to partner agencies in the five cities and four counties within the corridor. Construction on the trail, designed by engineering firm Snyder and Associates, Inc. began in early 2006 to include 1010 feet of trail in Woodward. In 2007, bookend projects in Woodward and Ankeny were constructed. The catalyst for construction came from a $5.6 million Congressional appropriation in 2005. With the help of additional state and federal grants, 20 additional miles of trail were completed and opened to the public in 2008. The last portion to be completed was the high bridge over the Des Moines River. A $1.75 million grant from Vision Iowa, a project of the Iowa Economic Development Authority, helped fund the construction of a new bridge superstructure designed by Shuck-Britson, Inc., and artwork by RDG Dahlquist Art Studio. The project was officially completed with the grand opening of the bridge in April 2011. Following its completion, the trail was awarded a Mid American Energy Trails and Greenways project award that October.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「High Trestle Trail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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