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Rail Spike ParkGreenwood, Mississippi |
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Located in Greenwood, Mississippi, the Rail Spike Park is a completed rails-to-trails project that follows the former Columbus & Greenville Railway mainline right-of-way through downtown. Running adjacent to Johnson Street, the trail stretches from Lamar Street — a block from the Amtrak station — out to the Highway 82 Bypass. Along the way, it passes the former Columbus & Greenville depot, still standing. The park was developed after 2000 when the C&G furloughed its mainline from Greenwood east to West Point. A new connection to the former Illinois Central mainline (now Canadian National) was built south of town, making the downtown trackage unnecessary. The trail has transformed the abandoned rail corridor into a multi-purpose path for bicycles and pedestrians. A modern pavilion was constructed by a local architecture firm for events and markets.
See also our Columbus & Greenville Railway Greenwood scrapbook in Shortlines
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Click to see the Lamar Street trailhead plotted on a Google Maps page
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Rail Spike Park Pavilion, Greenwood, Mississippi
January 2020
The Rail Spike Park Pavilion is a 3,150-square-foot, multiuse gathering and event space. It was built as part of an overall conversion of an abandoned railway corridor.
The pavilion is situated along a primary entrance to downtown. Beard + Riser Architects PLLC designed it to reflect the utilitarian nature of the rail corridor, bordered by brick warehouses and industrial buildings, as well as agrarian gin buildings and tractor sheds common to the Mississippi Delta. Rail Spike Park Pavilion was constructed with steel framing clad in a combination of corrugated Galvalume, solid and perforated. Likewise, surrounding industrial buildings prevalently have corrugated metal for wall paneling and roofing. The pavilion’s distinct angular form and signage marks the entrance to the historic district.
To complete the project, Malouf Construction LLC installed 6,090 square feet of MBCI’s PBC corrugated metal wall panels in 26-gauge Galvalume Plus.
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
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Click to see the Main Street pavilion area plotted on a Google Maps page
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Click to see the former C&G Greenwood depot plotted on a Google Maps page
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Click to see the Greenwood Utilities generating station plotted on a Google Maps page
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Greenwood, Ms / Jun 2020 / RWH
Links / Sources
- Greenwood Ms Rail Spike Park page
- TrailLink Rails-to-Trails Rail Spike page