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Work on ECG began in 1991 and is projected to be completed in 2010 . The American Tobacco Trail is one of many Rails-to-Trails projects which form sections of this greenway. HISTORY In 1991 a group of cyclists and Long-distance Trail enthusiasts met in New York City and formed a national non-profit organization, the ''East Coast Greenway Alliance'', or ECGA, to plan and promote a greenway linking existing and planned trails into a contiguous ''spine route'' between Atlantic coast cities. In the summer of 1992 the ECGA sent nine cyclists from Boston, New York, Vermont, and Washington, D.C on a 30-day "exploratory" Cycle Tour . In June of 1999 the ECG was selected by the White House for designation as a National Millennium Trail . Between February and June of 2000 , the ECG ''Wave relay'' transported a bottle of sea water from Key West, Florida up the eastern seaboard to Canada along the route of the ECG. Transportation was entirely non-motorized to celebrate the ECG's selection as a ''National Millennium Trail'' and to promote Human-powered Transportation . ROUTE Major cities connected by the ''spine route'' are: # Calais, Maine # Bangor, Maine # Portland, Maine # Portsmouth, New Hampshire # Boston, Massachusetts # Providence, Rhode Island # Hartford, Connecticut # New Haven, Connecticut # New York City, New York # Trenton, New Jersey # Philadelphia, Pennsylvania # Wilmington, Delaware # Baltimore, Maryland # Annapolis, Maryland # Washington, DC # Richmond, Virginia # Durham, North Carolina # Raleigh, North Carolina # Fayetteville, North Carolina # Wilmington, North Carolina # Charleston, South Carolina # Savannah, Georgia # Jacksonville, Florida # Miami, Florida # Key West, Florida There is also a coastal alternate route that connects Richmond to Wilmington, NC by way of Virginia Beach, Virginia . ACTIVE SEGMENTS Segments of the East Coast Greenway that are currently accessible trails:
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