Background Information on Feasibility Study for 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 Trail and the . 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 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

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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. 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. 17. Mill Hill Trail 25. 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

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