CMA Engineers is currently providing construction service for the City of Manchester, NH along a section of the South Manchester Rail Trail (SMRT) between Gold Street and Perimeter Road. The project broke ground in January 2023 and is scheduled to be completed in Fall 2023. The project will construct approximately one mile of paved trail along the former Manchester Lawrence Railroad corridor, including the rehabilitation of a near century old 153-foot-long wood trestle bridge over Cohas Brook that has stood dormant since the late 1980’s. This is the last remaining wood trestle bridge in the City of Manchester, NH (see WMUR story below).

 

Cohas Brook Trestle in Manchester to become part of Granite State Rail Trail

WMUR Photo of Cohas Brook Trestle Bridge (Click on photo for news story)

 

The SMRT project will complete another segment of the Granite State Rail Trail (GSRT)  When complete, the GSRT will be approximately 120 miles starting at the Massachusetts border in Salem, NH and ending at the Vermont border in Lebanon, NH. CMA Engineers has had the privilege to assist the City of Manchester and many other communities in the design and construction of numerous segments of the GSRT.