American Tobacco Trail

American Tobacco Trail, 22+ miles, Durham, Chatham and Wake Counties. Durham-to-New Hill corridor railbanked by NC DOT. Leased to local governments. Wake County section and first two sections in Durham are open to the public. Construction on 4.68 mile Chatham section was completed in late 2009 and formally dedicated on Trails Day 2010.  A contract for asphalt paving of the third section in Durham (In southern Durham) and construction of the bicycle/pedestrian bridge over I-40 was awarded in April 2012 (see our October 2011 News item). Construction began on June 11th. Completion for this final work on the ATT is scheduled to be completed by July 2013.  To keep up with Durham's efforts to award a contract and construct this final section please check the Durham Public Works site periodically. Please see the TRTC site for printable maps and for ATT Construction images. The American Tobacco Trail is currently broken up into four sections.