[OSM-talk] Buildings on abandoned railways (via Overpass) (was: Re: THIS is the kind of enthusiasm some would reject)

[John Eldredge]

In the case of Nashville, Tennessee, an Interstate bypass, I-440, that 
loops about one-third of the way around the city core, deliberately made 
use of a no-longer-used railway right-of-way to reduce land purchase costs. 
If anyone were to go back and map that railroad now, the entire route would 
overlap the motorway.

-- 
John F. Eldredge -- john at jfeldredge.com
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot 
drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.



On September 13, 2015 7:59:54 AM Martin Koppenhoefer 
<dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:

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>> Am 13.09.2015 um 10:00 schrieb mmd <mmd.osm at gmail.com>:
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>> out of curiosity I was wondering a bit, if there are lots of abandoned
>> railways with plenty of buildings in the way, i.e. is this really a
>> widespread issue?
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> I would expect more dismantled railways to be built over than abandoned 
> rails. It still happens, e.g. in the city centre of Stuttgart, Germany, 
> around 100 hectares of rail are currently covered with buildings:
> https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahmenplan_Stuttgart_21
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> cheers
> Martin
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