Schuylkill River Trail - Lancaster Avenue Bridge

Status: Complete

Description:

This pedestrian bridge carries a portion of the Thun Trail section of the Schuylkill River Trail over Lancaster Avenue near the intersection with Route 10 in Reading.

The Pottstown-based Schuylkill Heritage Area awarded a $938,000 contract to J.D. Eckman Inc., Perry Township, to build the 10-feet-wide steel span that will crosses Lancaster Avenue about 50 feet south of the West Shore Bypass bridge.

The bridge connects a short section of existing trail in Reading and West Reading with a section that runs along Route 10 through Cumru Township and Route 724 in Gibraltar.  It will also be connected to a trail extension to Brentwood.