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You are here: Home / News Posts / Towpath Closure at Scudder Falls Bridge Project

Towpath Closure at Scudder Falls Bridge Project

Towpath Closure at Scudder Falls Bridge Project

July 20, 2018

From the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission:

Delaware Canal Towpath in Pennsylvania near Scudder Falls Bridge

To Close Six Days a Week Starting July 30

Towpath Section to be Open Sundays Only until August 31

LOWER MAKEFIELD, PA – A short section of the Delaware Canal towpath on the Pennsylvania side of the Scudder Falls Bridge is scheduled to be closed six days a week beginning Monday, July 30, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced today.

The scheduled towpath closure is needed to ensure public safety while construction activities take place on the approach bridge that carries I-295/I-95 across the canal. This work initially will involve mobilization activities and then expansion of the approach bridge’s abutment as a precursor to widening the roadway before the river bridge.

The towpath is scheduled to be barricaded and inaccessible to the public from Woodside Road to the project limits downstream of the canal’s I-295/I-95 overpass Monday through Saturday of each week from July 30 until August 31.

Under the current schedule, the towpath is expected to be open through the project area on Sundays only in the month of August. If all goes as scheduled, the affected towpath segment should be open for the Labor Day holiday weekend.

The aforementioned closure periods are subject to change due to weather and other considerations.

Pedestrians and bicyclists are urged to exercise caution when traveling along the canal near or through work areas as the bridge replacement project construction activities proceed over the next t years.

More information and videos on the bridge replacement project are available at www.scudderfallsbridge.com

 

|| July 20, 2018 || Tagged With: Closure, Scudder Falls Bridge, Towpath Trail ||

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