The South County Trailway is a 14.1-mile (22.7 km) long rail trail stretching from Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx to East View, New York. Construction started in the 1990s and was completed in 2011. The South County Trailway was constructed along the main line of the former New York and Putnam Railroad railbed in Westchester County, New York (also known as "Westchester"). A gap in Elmsford, New York interrupts the trail, and users must use streets there. Construction on closing the gap began in Spring 2015. Much of the trail is in the Saw Mill River floodplain. The Putnam Division provided freight and passenger service from 1881 to 1958 between the Bronx and Putnam County. The railroad served 23 stations in Westchester. Historic marker plaques have been placed at most of the former statio