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Background Info for HARB Re Cross County Trail Bridge Background Information on Feasibility Study for Cross County Trail Bridge Crossing of Germantown Pike • The Montgomery County Planning Commission is working in partnership with a consultant team led by Gilmore & Associates and joined by Campbell Thomas & Co. to carry out this feasibility study. It is being funded by a Regional Trails Program grant from Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). • A 2015 feasibility study prepared by Campbell Thomas & Co. for Plymouth Township recommended that the safest means of continuing the Cross County Trail across the intersection of Chemical Road and Germantown Pike (where it currently ends) would be to construct a trail bridge. • This study aims to come up with a preferred alignment for the trail bridge with conceptual level plans and a preliminary cost estimate. • When complete, the Cross County Trail will be about 17 miles long and stretch from the western side of the county to the eastern side. It is a primary trail in the county-wide trail system and will provide a connection between the Schuylkill River Trail and the Pennypack Trail. It is also a part of the regional Circuit Trails network, which now covers 300 miles and will cover 800 miles eventually. • A 3-mile section of the Cross County Trail between the Schuylkill River Trail and the intersection of Chemical Road and Germantown Pike is complete. Segments in Upper Dublin are complete. Currently the county is also studying the section from Upper Dublin through Upper Moreland to Pennypack Trail. Sections through Erdenheim Farm are nearing construction. The county just received funding to complete an advanced feasibility study looking at two sections: from Germantown Pike to Joshua Road; and between Skippack Pike to the Fort Washington SEPTA station. • Work completed and ongoing for this feasibility study: • Stakeholder interviews - Summer 2020 • Preliminary Reconnaissance and Geologic Assessment - March 2021 • Conversations with nearby property owners (Victory Office Park, Brandywine Realty) • Ongoing stakeholder engagement – field meeting held May 2021 Regional Context: Location of Proposed Trail Bridge County Context: M ONTGOMERY COUNTY Location of Proposed Trail BridgePrimaryTrail Network Lehigh County Bucks County COUNTY LINE RD GERYVILLE Telford RD BETHLEHEM Souderton 332 Lower OLD LIMEKILN SOU 202 611 DER RD TON Graeme Moreland DAVISVILLE BYBERRY7 RD GRAVEL P IK Park 29 E EASTON Hatboro East BLAIR MILL RD 113 Hatfield 16 AVE HUNTINGDON Montgomery YORK Greenville Salford HORSHAM 5 COWPATH RD RD 3 463 Pennsburg 18 Marlborough Hatfield Bryn P Horsham Upper Red E ALLENTOWN Borough Athyn N 263 NS 9 Y RD Hanover LV Hill 20 RIDGE AN PIKE Upper IA PHILMONT PIKE T RD Moreland UR I-276 KUTZTOWN NP 152 RD IK Franconia E RD Lansdale PIKE N WELSH 17 Green 563 OR 63 WELSH TH 63 RD 7 Lane PIKE EA 63 RD ST OLD Park E RD RD XT 19KNIGHT RD EN EASTON OLD SI MAIN ON T DEKALB S E 309 PIKE K Green I P SUMNEYTOWN 63 NORRISTOWN 232 Lane E L Morgan L I North V Lower S Log House FORT Y Wales BETHLEHEM W Abington E A FORTY FOOT L SH 3 Gwynedd I Lorimer R N RD PIKE G A 63 T H O PIKE Park 4 N Upper 611 SK IPPACK RD - E N X Upper Dublin YORK P O Towamencin R T E R S Upper E Gwynedd S D W U Lower 8 FORGE A Rockledge O Y Salford S Salford 15 Ambler LIMEKILN RD Upper Jenkintown 29 Evans- MORRIS 23 Frederick TOWNSHIP LINE RD Mumbower RD 9 I-476 73 HOFFMANSVILLE Lower Mill The PIKE 73 LAYFIELD Frederick 202 Highlands Hope Peter Wentz PIKE 5 Lodge RD RD Farmstead PIKE PIKE Whitpain Cheltenham 14 Pennypacker 73 CHURCH CREEK Douglass Mills 73 RD BIG SKIPPACK 2 RD RD Worcester Schwenksville RD 152 24 73 Fort TOOKANY New AVE PIKE CHELTENHAM Central ROAD Washington D R BUTLER E Hanover Perkiomen State Park IK L DEKALB P GRAVEL L D Valley Park N I VALLEY R A M Springfield Skippack U R O STUMP RD R T R O U M Evansburg E T 13 R TOWNSHIP LINE RD P A E FA I A BIG N P E State 1 M 5 A 0 A V G 12 RD L Park 0 Sunrise 8 Y E East S 73 T Perkiomen GE N E A RM N D Mill T X A E BRIDGE R S N P P TO R Norriton WN PIKE E E L SWAMP WHITEHALL ROAD S 363 L S RD I S V SWEDE W 14 21 202 TS A Y R Plymouth Whitemarsh E N City of B Norristown PLYMOUTH L I 663 202 G OWN PIKE Farm PIKE MANT 113 GER Park Philadelphia 100 ST PIKE Norristown RIDGE PIKE TOWNSHIP LINE TOWNSHIP 15 AVE Limerick ST SANDY HILL RD West ST MARKLEY 3 RIDGE PIKE RIDGE PIKE MAIN 4 Norriton Collegeville AIRY ST CONSHOHOCKEN RD Upper Trappe 3RD AVE I-476 Lower ST Pottsgrove Lower 4TH Pottsgrove Conshohocken S CH F RD LEWIS Bridgeport U A Providence Y R L I-76 KEIM ST RIVER K M ILL RIDGE PIKE D IN P EX Berks O RD PR 11 E R G T PARK SS RD W T TS AY 11 ST FAYETTE T O D OW E R L N N D L D R I County A L E Upper V E XP CHARLOTTE I RES V E F SWAY E N I G W S TRAPPE RD TRAPPE S EGYPT RD L E C West ON O Providence L SHO L L FORGE 1 HO L C BELMONT AVE O O 320 Conshohocken KE 22 H N H TAW S C A NY T A T 8 23 N A N RD S Upper 23 A S T John James O 422 STATE E Pottstown M T 10 N V 422 I E S Upper R A Audubon Center DEKALB PIKE T D M R Merion 6 S Schuylkill BLACK ROCK VALLEY Lower T at Mill Grove ESSWAY Pottsgrove HIGH ST Royersford Valley Park Lower PR D 25 X R Merion E Y VE SECOND A Perkiomen A Manor 11 I-276 D GULPH RD I-76 W 29 422 R AVENUE S Valley Park O S B F L 22 E A EGYPT RD L C IL LK R K Y P SPRING MILL RD HU S R C X West S N Narberth O Lock 60 O E CITY LINE AVE C VALLEY S K T A at the Y Pottsgrove G R U M FORGE T LP D H Chester County Schuylkill 202 N R * U D 1 RD NATIONAL O Canal Park GS IN C AVENUE AWL HISTORICAL - MONTGOMERY P D 11 PARK 1 Delaware I 30 M LANCASTER County Completed Trail 1. Chester Valley Trail 10. Schuylkill East Trail Proposed Trail 2. Cresheim Trail 11. Schuylkill River Trail 18. Perkiomen Trail Extension 3. Cross County Trail 11*. Schuylkill River Trail (Chester County) 19. Green Lane Park Freight Station 0 1/2 1 2 Miles Click on any red trail number/name or 4. Evansburg Trail 12. Stony Creek Trail 20. Highlands Trail green park/historic site name for a link to County-Owned Land 5. Liberty Bell Trail 13. Sunrise Trail 21. Skippack Trail the individual websites. State-Owned Land 6. Manatawny Trail 14. West County Trail 22. Schuylkill West Trail 7. Pennypack Trail 15. Wissahickon Green Ribbon Trail 23. Tookany Creek Trail (p) 610.278.3722 (f) 610.278.3941 See individual trail brochures for Valley Forge National Historical Park 8. Perkiomen Trail 16. 202 Trail 24. Rockledge Trail trailhead access to parking, public transit, Historic Sites 9. Power Line Trail 17. Mill Hill Trail 25. Cynwyd Heritage Trail Map updated as of May2015 restrooms, water, and other information. Trail Context: Location of Proposed Trail Bridge Cross County Trail Mileage Chart Schuylkill River Trail Junction Home Depot Shared Parking Germantown Pike A B C A Schuylkill River Trail Junction 1.8 3.2 B Home Depot Shared Parking 1.8 1.4 C Germantown Pike 3.2 1.4 Map from 2015 “Feasibility Study for the Extension of the Cross County Trail in Plymouth and Whitemarsh” Townships prepared by Campbell Thomas & Co. – proposed bridge alignment labeled as 1B Project Site Context Map B AD R W O A E R D M K E OA P I MONTGOMERY ICCOUNT YR P V E I4 N R VIC 76 SE R NB T W B SE O G TO CROSS COUNTY TRAW IL STUDY ER MAN KE PI N µ OW CONTEXT MAP NT MA ER O G CORSONS LN B T 6 N I47 MP Pennsylvania Railroad RA Bailey W G Capital E R Llc M A N Brandywine T O 220 W Germantown Llc W Metroplex Lp N P I K E 200-220 W Germantown Pike Danella James D Brandywine Livezey Store Holdings Lp Metroplex Lp Associates Brandywine Metroplex Lp Brandywine Metroplex Lp Pfi Vpn Portfolio Fee Owner Llc CROSS COUNTY TRL ek Plymouth Cre Pfi Vpn Portfolio Fee Owner Llc CHEMICAL RD Lukoil North America Llc Plymouth Meeting Hist Soc RD RRA SIE S & S Investments Pa Llc PLYMOUTH TWP Plymouth Meeting Hist Soc Legend MAY, 2020 Proposed Cross County Trail M Cross County Trail Completed E E D T S R IN KING G H O U S E LN Project Site Photos Project Site Photos.
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