Horses and people will break a leg!”, The repairs to the Drive should include repairs to drainage on trail as well, and FOW need to get their volunteers out more regularly or turn the care and maintenance back to the city.
Wissahickon Trail Be cautious when traveling on the Wissahickon Trail after rainstorms. Local environmentalists are planning a socially distanced clean up event along the Green Ribbon Trail on Sept. 12. Follow sidewalk to meet up with Green Ribbon Trail near Moyer Blvd. There may be standing water and hazardous conditions due to mud and stones/debris.
As a Northwest Philadelphia resident, I regularly notice people racing at highway speeds, at least double the limit. Great for a fall hike! The roadhouses along the lower Wissahickon soon closed. “It was like a torrential waterfall,” Farmer said. The Watershed Association maintains roughly 10.5 miles of the Green Ribbon Trail, according to Wissahickon Trail’s Director of Conservation John Ferro. As users of the trail we need to hold those responsible for the care and maintenance of the trails we use to bare fore the issues on the trails.
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Be advised the West Valley Green Road bridge over the Wissahickon Creek is closed until further notice. Meanwhile, Forbidden Drive is a pothole-ridden mess, also covered with rotting leaves, gravel, and mud. I use to drive Lincoln Drive to/from Jenkintown daily. “FOW strongly supports swift action from the City of Philadelphia to ensure the continued use of this key segment of the Circuit Trails for commuter and recreational traffic,” the organization told us early Tuesday. Constructed in the mid-1800s as a turnpike, this roadway was renamed Forbidden Drive in 1920 when vehicles were banned from it.
Have you driven Lincoln Drive?
The Forbidden Drive Trail is a rare road-to-trail conversion that runs along the most spectacular section of Wissahickon Creek for 5.4 miles. “A lot of the Green Ribbon Trail was underwater,” Farmer said. Green Ribbon Trail detour - heading north. The trail is expected to reopen in late-June. That is due to the efforts of 1 person, not a member of FOW either I believe.
The road/lane designs should be reassessed based on what we now know about the conditions surrounding certain crashes (a high number in a small area/same location). “I think it’s the price of … admission really.
There was some additional damage to the existing drywall, which had a 10-inch-tall water mark. While Philly Parks & Rec apparently does virtually no maintenance on the bikeway (other than to remove large fallen trees), there was money to install new signage at the Ridge Avenue trail head that renamed it “Lincoln Drive Trail”.
And yeah, the bridge reopening is great. “We didn’t in our wildest dreams imagine that within hours of the rains starting with Tropical Storm Isaias that we’d have a flooding situation on our hands."
Car Crash Closes Forbidden Drive Bridge In Wissahickon Park.
**Update 5/19/20: Work is complete and this section of trail is now reopened.**. It’s only a matter of time before there is a trail user on the bridge when one of thes crashes happens.
A short section of the Green Ribbon Trail near Walnut Street and Moyer Boulevard in North Wales will be temporarily closed starting Monday, May 11. And while that wasn’t ideal, tt’s likely people were driving slower along the Drive, which is well-known for speeds high above the 25 mile per hour speed limit, to avoid the bad surface conditions. PHILADELPHIA — The bridge connecting Forbidden Drive to the Wissahickon Bike Trail is closed due to a vehicle crash. There was no mention of or concern about (or, even worse, awareness of?) A portion of the pathway is also within Fort Washington State Park. “It was crazy. Wissahickon Trails, Ambler, PA. 5.5K likes. Commentdocument.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a2d358acf3f22a8101671bdeb27b8cfc" );document.getElementById("aac14c09d5").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); 1500 Walnut St # 1107 | Philadelphia, PA 19102 |. Crews are working to assess the damage and the trail will remain closed until further notice. Example: The initial southbound stretch of Lincoln Drive should be a single lane until it reaches the wide straightaway where you can get off at City Ave, go straight to Kelly Drive, or get off at Ridge Ave. -I’ll respond to comment replies as I find time.
Speed cameras are still illegal on this street, and local police are not legally allowed to use radar to catch those drivers speeding through Northwest Philadelphia. We need some of this infrastructure to make that walking experience more accessible, more comfortable, safer, and when we have a storm like this, it’s just going to get damaged,” she said. Lincoln Drive, before the resurfacing project, was in bad shape, full of potholes.
Nothing is being done on Lincoln Drive to deal with the speeding issue. The speed limit for residential roads cannot be set based on your blanket response. High water stands after Tropical Storm Isaias floods part of the Four Mills Nature Reserve on Morris Road in Ambler last week. We’ll email you our newsletter twice a month, with occasional special alerts and offers. ... Buy A Trail Map Frequent Questions Get Directions Contact FOW.
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Last weekend, the driver of a motor vehicle crashed through the guardrail at a curve on Lincoln Drive, sending their car off a cliff and slamming into a bike/ped bridge on the trail. How insulting!
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This program will expand the sewer infrastructure to allow Upper Gwynedd Township the ability to divert the wastewater currently being sent to the Towamencin Municipal Authority back to Upper Gwynedd Township’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. Farmer added that environmentalists have worked to assess the damage over the past week to determine what’s needed to refurbish the miles of trails impacted by Tropical Storm Isaias. The 85th Percentile only works on highways/freeways or other similar road designs.
Unfortunately this is a matter that is NOT the priority here. the dangerous conditions facing cyclists, and other trail users, on both the Wissahickon Bikeway and the adjacent Forbidden Drive. Parks and Recreation officials said the trail is closed, meaning bicyclists and pedestrians will not be able to use the trail to connect from Forbidden Drive to Ridge Avenue. If no, then your response is without merit. Most of these… people, I refuse to call them drivers, are mostly a danger to themselves, except on the turn in question.
For more information about the program, visit the Upper Gwynedd Township website. The Streets Department told us on Tuesday afternoon that the bridge was inspected, is safe, and has been reopened. A short section of the Green Ribbon Trail near Walnut Street and Moyer Boulevard in North Wales will be temporarily closed starting Monday, May 11. Continue straight approximately 400 feet along powerline cut, then take small side trail on the left. Farmer said that they’re working to reopen the trail in sections, but she is unsure of when it will fully reopen. Parks and Recreation officials will share recommended detours for park goers and a time frame for reopening at a later date.
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“We do appreciate our supporters,” Farmer said. Where did the red Dodge Caravan (or similar) minivan come from, or has that been sitting down there at the creekside for years? “There’s not a lot we can do.”. It’s both disappointing and dismaying that the focus of this article shifts from the Wissahickon Bikeway to Lincoln Drive and its’ motor vehicle traffic issues.
The temporary closure is for work to be completed as part of Upper Gwynedd's Wastewater Improvement Program.
@rachelravina on Twitter, Upper Dublin Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, FILE: STORES BEGIN LIMITING PRODUCT PURCHASES AGAIN, Kamala Harris: Americans ushered in a new day, Lansdale gets first look at East Main streetscape design, Towamencin: Board OKs southbound truck ban on Derstine Road, LCB announces opening of new Ralph's Corner store, Montgomery County races unfold as 2020 election vote counting continues, Kamala Harris' husband makes stop in Montgomery County ahead of Election Day, Trump vs. Biden: Hatboro bakery sells cookies ahead of 2020 general election, Montgomery Township, Lower Salford voters show their enthusiasm, North Penn races: Three incumbents appear to have held seats, Lansdale council OKs plans for 4 Madison Street apartments. If you see something you think needs work, though, you should contact Parks and Rec and 311. And now that Lincoln has been repaved, drivers may begin feeling more comfortable driving even faster than they’d been over the last few years. As it stands today, we have one person to thank for our safety. To that person I hope you are reading this, and I thank you! Really? The bridges have been closed since late February after a vehicular accident damaged one of the bridges. Please. It was originally built in the late 1800s, according to Farmer, and did experience some flooding as a result of the storm with about 10 inches of water inside.
It is simply reckless and irresponsible. Unbelievably, 2/10ths of a mile below the jeopardized bike/ped bridge, where the bikeway is mere inches from Lincoln Drive, there has been no guard rail!
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