Politics & Government
Rails-To-Trails Section Closing Friday In Upper Southampton Township
Township officials said the closure is from Bristol Road to a point 1,000 feet south. The closure is for fence installation.
UPPER SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PA —A section of the Rails-to-Trails will be closed starting Friday for a fence installation, township officials have announced.
The closure will be from Bristol Road to a point approximately 1,000 feet south.
Please stay clear of this area until the contractor has completed the work, township officials ask.
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No timetable was given for when the work would be completed.
The Newtown Rail Trail begins at County Line Road, directly opposite the northern terminus of the Pennypack Trail, a rail-trail that extends south through Montgomery County to northeast Philadelphia. Both trails follow the route of the former SEPTA Fox Chase-Newtown Railroad, which was abandoned in the early 1980s.
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The level, 12-foot wide crushed stone trail extends northeast from County Line Road, passing through wooded, residential neighborhoods to downtown Southampton, where it crosses Route 232.
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