Starting from Section 2 NB km 20.02 to Section 3 NB km 1.02 (now 1.80 as trail is 0.78 km longer than the 12^th edition Guide as a result) – Mid State Trail has been relocated westerly onto a narrow gravel State Game Lands access road, passing a remote SGL parking area, then into private land on a gradually descending path through brushy woods, behind a billboard (just east of a very active stone quarry, STAY ON TRAIL), to emerge on along SR 1004/Ashcom Rd just east of its PA Turnpike underpass. MST now crosses the Turnpike in this narrow underpass. The Cornell Road bridge on the south end of Section 3 over the PA Turnpike (I-70/76) was permanently removed earlier in 2014.  There is a pull-off parking area between Turnpike and quarry, south side of Ashcom Road and just north (compass west) of Turnpike underpass. North of Ashcom Rd continue on blazed and signed old RR bed between Turnpike and river to former end of Cornell Rd, then continue on grades to and then follow marked posts through Earlston Furnace Cinder Piles. Hikers should check the Mid State Trail web site updates http://www.hike-mst.org/index.php/the-trail/section-updates because there will be further construction detours when the PA Turnpike (and the Ashcom Rd underpass) is widened through this area. (11/13; 1/14; 4/14; 7/14)

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The beginning of a relocation on SGL 73 behind Blue Triangle Hardwoods north of Everett; and correcting an error in distance in the printed guide on Snake Spring Valley Rd, are all reflected in the 12th Edition guide (2012). The relocations are shown on the current printed 301-306.

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Blazes have been obscured on some parts of the old route through Hewitt.

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Off road route north of Beans Cove Rd/SR 3005 moves Mid State Trail off Martin Hill Rd into Martin Hill Wild Area, south of powerline. Additional relocation (2012) moves MST off powerline on south side of Martin Hill. Work continues to finish relocation north side of Martin Hill. See 12th edition (2012) guide.

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New connection to Great Eastern Trail route in Green Ridge State Forest is open. Mid State Trail now begins/ends at PA 326/Black Valley Road at MD border, just northeast of Flintstone, Md. Shown on Map 301/306 and described in 12th edition (2012) guide.