[1] The trail occupies the former roadbed of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Pemberton & Hightstown line, which was originally chartered by the Union Transportation Company (UTC) in 1864.
The fifth segment, completed in late January 2017, comprises the .75 miles (1.21 km) between Herbert Road/Sharon Station Road and County Route 539, passing through the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area.
[1] A grant awarded through the New Jersey Department of Transportation will fund the construction of a 3.2-mile (5.1 km) extension of the trail from its current terminus at Old York Road in Upper Freehold.
This extension will cross over the New Jersey Turnpike and connect to a proposed trail head and parking lot, located near the intersection of Airport Road in East Windsor.
[8] Additional expansion is also being considered, including a southern extension into New Egypt, which may extend further south into eastern Burlington County and connect to the Kinkora Branch Trail and the Pemberton Rail-Trail.