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The County is beginning a series of significant trail
development projects for the Lower Wissahickon
Green Ribbon Trail between Philadelphia and Springfield Township (along
Northwestern Avenue) to Fort Washington at Bethlehem Pike in Whitemarsh Township.
An initial project will be the construction of a segment
which will link the exiting sidewalk system along Northwestern Avenue to Stenton Avenue.
Design of this segment will be starting in May of 2004 with
construction scheduled for early 2005. This trail segment will consist
of a 12 foot wide paved, multi-use path
along the Montgomery County side of Northwestern Avenue on lands owned by the
University of Pennsylvania and known as the Morris Arboretum Bloomfield Farm
area.
The city of Philadelphia and Montgomery County are also
combining forces to improve the access between "Forbidden Drive"
and the new trail. In addition the County will be starting design
planning for a trail development which will connect Stenton
Avenue at Northwestern Avenue along Stenton Avenue
to West Valley Green Road and then through County and State park properties
to the Fort Washington State park.
At that point the Trail will connect to the proposed Cross County
Trail for its development to Bethlehem Pike in the vicinity of Morris Road. Both the Wissahickon
Trail and the Cross County Trail will share the same path between the Fort
Washington State Park and Joshua Road near Germantown Academy in Fort
Washington. This will be a crushed stone path
similar to the Forbidden Drive.
Development of the trail between Stenton
Avenue and the Fort Washington State Park segment is scheduled for construction in
the fall of 2005, while the extension to Bethlehem Pike will be constructed
in the Fall of 2007.
Bike Directions Forbidden Drive
to Northwestern Ave then turn left onto Andorra Road, R on Church and Left on
Germantown to the TWP Building on left
Transit Directions Take the R8
to Chestnut Hill West Station then transfer to the L bus on Germantown Ave (L
Bus usually has a bike rack)
Bike on Transit Directions –
Take the 27 Bus from Broad St and get off a Crescemt
Ave (Just after Church Rd) and Ridge Pike (note some 27 buses terminate at
the TWP Hall) Some articulated 27 buses do not have racks, but they should
run about every 15 minutes in the 5pm hour.
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