Great Allegheny Passage

The Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) is a rail trail in Maryland and Pennsylvania — the central trail of a network of long-distancehiker-biker trails throughout the Allegheny region of the Appalachian Mountains, connecting Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The GAP's first 9-mile (14 km) section near Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania opened in 1986. The 9-mile (14 km) section between Woodcock Hollow and Cumberland opened on December 13, 2006. In June 2013, thirty-five years after construction first began, the final GAP section was completed (from West Homestead to Pittsburgh) at an overall cost of $80 million and giving Pennsylvania the "most open trail miles in the nation" 900 miles, with 1,110 miles under development). The completion project was titled The Point Made and celebrations took place on June 15, 2013.