Chicago and North Western Railway corridor
E1025128
The Chicago and North Western Railway corridor is a former Midwestern railroad route whose abandoned right-of-way has been repurposed in places, such as in Iowa, for recreational trails and other community uses.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former railroad corridor
ⓘ
rail trail corridor ⓘ |
| connects |
multiple Midwestern towns
ⓘ
rural areas to urban centers in Iowa ⓘ |
| hasConversionProcess | railbanking and trail development GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalBenefit |
creation of wildlife corridors along trails
ⓘ
promotion of non-motorized travel ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalFunction |
freight rail service
ⓘ
passenger rail service ⓘ |
| hasImpact |
creation of greenways
ⓘ
preservation of transportation corridors ⓘ recreational development in rural communities ⓘ tourism promotion in Iowa ⓘ |
| hasLandUseChange |
from private railroad property to public-access corridors
ⓘ
from transportation infrastructure to recreation infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | mixture of public ownership and easements ⓘ |
| hasOriginalOwner | Chicago and North Western Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalFeature |
former rail bridges repurposed for trails
ⓘ
graded railbeds used as trail surfaces ⓘ |
| hasPreservationGoal | maintaining continuous transportation corridors for future use ⓘ |
| hasReuseStakeholder |
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
GENERATED
ⓘ
Iowa Department of Transportation GENERATED ⓘ Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation GENERATED ⓘ local governments in Iowa GENERATED ⓘ trail organizations in Iowa GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasReuseType |
multi-use trail development
GENERATED
ⓘ
rail-trail conversion GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasRightOfWayStatus | abandoned in segments ⓘ |
| hasSegment |
Bear River Recreation Trail corridor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greenbelt Trail (Iowa) corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ High Trestle Trail corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ JewEllsworth Trail corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ Raccoon River Valley Trail corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauk Rail Trail corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ T-Bone Trail corridor ⓘ Trestle to Trestle Trail corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ Wabash Trace Nature Trail corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportationMode |
non-motorized transportation (current)
ⓘ
railroad (historical) ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iowa
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| partOf | former Chicago and North Western Railway system ⓘ |
| supportsActivity |
cycling
ⓘ
nature observation ⓘ running ⓘ walking ⓘ |
| usedFor |
community uses
ⓘ
recreational trails ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.