The Schuylkill River Trail in Philadelphia just received a major boost in funding.

After years of lobbying in D.C., Pennsylvania senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey announced on Tuesday that they have secured $12 million in federal funding to help pay for the completion of the Schuylkill River Trail in Philadelphia, writes Joe Trinacria for phillymag.com. 

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Voted the best urban trail by USA Today in 2015, the SRT is a 130-mile multiuse path that begins all the way out in Schuylkill County and will now stretch as far as southwest Philly thanks to a U.S. Department of Transportation grant. Bridging the gap known as the Christian to Crescent Connection, the completion project will connect Center City to the trail’s existing Grays Ferry Crescent section, near Bartram’s Garden, by utilizing an elevated track and a cable-stayed bridge spanning the river and a few active docks.

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Portions of the trail in Montgomery County are still under construction.

The Schuylkill River Trail between Mont Clare and Pottstown is the responsibility of the Borough of Phoenixville and Chester and Montgomery Counties. The section from Cromby to Parker Ford (about 100′ south of Linfield Road) is now complete and open to trail users. The surface is mostly crushed stone, although selected areas have been paved, including the Cromby trailhead, Spring City at Bridge Street, and the iron bridge near the Bard complex, according to schuylkillrivertrail.com. 

Heading east, a new section of trail opened in April 2015 from Cromby through Phoenixville, connecting with the trail in Mont Clare. Heading west, the final segment (Parkerford to Route 422 bridge, into Pottstown) has not yet been constructed. For current information about the trail’s status visit Chester County’s trail website – Chester County Schuylkill River Trail.

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