Greenway (landscape)
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A greenway is a long, narrow piece of land, often used for recreation and pedestrian and bicycle user traffic, and sometimes for streetcar, light rail or retail uses.
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Notable greenways
- Boise River Greenbelt, a 20 mile long trail system in Boise, Idaho.
- Capital Area Greenway, one of the nation's oldest community greenway systems in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Cherry Creek Greenway, Denver, Colorado's premiere urban greenway
- Chrysler Canada Greenway is a 42 km-long rail trail in Essex County, Ontario
- Capital Area Greenbelt, a twenty mile greenway connecting neighborhoods, parks and opens spaces in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Central Valley Greenway, a 24-kilometre pedestrian and cyclist route through Metro Vancouver, running from Vancouver to New Westminster.
- Carrall Street Greenway, currently under development in Vancouver
- Dequindre Cut, a greenway connecting to the International Riverfront in Detroit, Michigan.
- East Coast Greenway, a trail being constructed along the Atlantic coast of the United States
- The Emerald Necklace, a series of interconnected parks in Boston, Massachusetts designed by Frederick Law Olmsted
- Ohlone Greenway, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area
- GD Greenway, in the Pearl River Delta, PRC.
- Greater Grand Forks Greenway, large public park on the banks of the Red River and Red Lake River in Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota
- The Greenway, foot and cycle path in East London, England
- Guangdong Greenway, Guangdong province, China including much of Guangzhou city including the Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center in Panyu District provides foot and bicycle paths along the pearl river and other scenic areas.
- Leon Creek Greenway, San Antonio, Texas linking The University of Texas at San Antonio by foot and bicycle path to Leon Valley and beyond.
- Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, a circumferential foot and cycle path around Manhattan Island.
- Maryville Alcoa Greenway, an eight mile long foot and cycle path extending from Maryville Intermediate School in Maryville, Tennessee to the end of Springbrook Park in Alcoa, Tennessee
- Midtown Greenway, five-and-a-half mile pedestrian and bicycle path through Minneapolis, Minnesota
- MillionMile Greenway, an organization and a system of connected greenways across metro Atlanta, the state of Georgia and the eastern United States
- Mountains to Sound Greenway, a 100-mile stretch of Interstate 90 between Seattle and Thorp, Washington protected from logging and development
- Niagara River Greenway Plan, along the US Niagara Frontier
- Rachel Carson Greenway, in Maryland
- The River Ring, a system of connected greenways encircling St. Louis, Missouri
- Rose Kennedy Greenway, a series of parks and open spaces in Boston, Massachusetts
- Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway, 50 mile trail in southwestern New Hampshire
- South East London Green Chain, a set of connected parks and open spaces in London, UK
- Dequindre Cut Greenway, Links the Detroit International Riverfront with the Eastern Market Farmers Market District, cutting through Van Der Rohe designed Lafayette Park in Detroit,MI
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See also
- Bikeway
- Esplanade
- Foreshoreway
- Greenway
- Oceanway
- Riverwalk
- Trail
- Rail trail
- Footpath (right of way)
- Regional park
- Right-of-way (railroad)
- Towpath
- Greenbelt
- Landscape architecture
- Landscape planning
- Linear park
- Urban park
- Park system
- Public park
- Urban park
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