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0 W L interference with further extension plans. Influenced S A R R S I R IR TE 0 400 800 N 1,600 Feet L T HITE PINE L R AV by the Rails-to- movement, the old railway was granted to the Town of BI W 10TH Huntington by the Metropolitan Transit Authority by means of a 10 year license agreement for Location: North side of Laurel Hill Rd and Maplewood Dr in Northport public trail purposes in 2008. The trailway lies in the rail corridor that leads from Laurel Hill Road to Elwood Road. The rail line used to run past the trailway, across Elwood Road to what is now Terrain: Flat | Length: 0.5 mi | Parking: Street | Type: Linear the Riverhead Building Supply, making freight deliveries. To the north, a car wash lies on a seg- Surface: Ground | Acreage: 8 | Trailhead: 40.880070, -73.345638 ment of the rail line, as does the King Kullen Shopping Center. This former rail branch was once proposed to be used as a component of the defunct Babylon-Northport Expressway. In 2009 the State Department of Transportation donated an adjoining four-acre parcel to the Town with access from Orchard Court.

Other Trail Uses: This trail is widely used by pedestri- ans, equestrians, and bicyclists.

You May See: American Crow, American Robin, Blue Jay, Common Grackle, Euro- pean Starling, House Sparrow

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