 This section crosses the Rapallo and Lyman Viaducts, massive fills that carried the railroad and now trail across wide valleys.There is a short (less than ) on-road detour necessary where the Route 2 expressway blocks the railroad bed.This section has a wooden plank crossing over the Willimantic River, using the old bridge as support, then shortly after that it becomes pavement and intersects with the end of the Hop River Trail and has an info sign describing the history of both of the trails.