In the case of Nashville, Tennessee, an Interstate bypass, I-440, that
loops about one-third of the way around the city core, deliberately made
use of a no-longer-used railway right-of-way to reduce land purchase costs.
If anyone were to go back and map that railroad now, the entire route would
overlap the motorway.
--
John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot
drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
On September 13, 2015 7:59:54 AM Martin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Am 13.09.2015 um 10:00 schrieb mmd <mmd....@gmail.com>:
out of curiosity I was wondering a bit, if there are lots of abandoned
railways with plenty of buildings in the way, i.e. is this really a
widespread issue?
I would expect more dismantled railways to be built over than abandoned
rails. It still happens, e.g. in the city centre of Stuttgart, Germany,
around 100 hectares of rail are currently covered with buildings:
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahmenplan_Stuttgart_21
cheers
Martin
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