Explore the Greenway

Pennsylvania

The Greenway enters Morrisville, Pennsylvania, from Trenton, New Jersey, over the Lower Trenton Bridge before connecting to the southernmost segment of the D&L Trail down to Bristol along the historic Delaware Canal. From Bristol to Philadelphia, much of the route is on road until more of the Greenway is built along the Delaware River. However, Northeast Philadelphia’s Riverfront North section of the Delaware River Trail does include a growing number of trail segments, which will be connected in the coming years, linking to the existing Delaware River Trail in Center City.

The Greenway connects across Center City Philadelphia along Spring Garden Street, which is in  design and funded for construction. This project will consist of traffic-separated bikeways and sidewalks to link six neighborhoods between the Delaware River Trail and the Schuylkill River Trail near the iconic Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Schuylkill Banks portion of the Greenway has only one more gap before connecting with Southwest Philadelphia, the 58th Street Greenway, and the growing Cobbs Creek Trail being developed down to the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge’s network of trails at the southwestern edge of the city.

In Delaware County, the Greenway is mostly on road except for a couple segments of trail in Tinicum along State Road 291 and along the Chester Riverfront Trail, which includes beautiful views of the Delaware River. While segments of trails are developed, the interim on-road Greenway route follows much of Pennsylvania Bike Route E through Delaware County before crossing into Claymont, Delaware, by way of Marcus Hook.

In Greater Philadelphia, the Greenway taps into a much larger network of trails, the Circuit Trails, which includes growing connections out from the city into the surrounding suburban counties in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The network includes a second connection into New Jersey via the Ben Franklin Bridge Walkway along the complementary route of the East Coast Greenway that is in various stages of development to link Camden to Trenton, also known as the Delaware River Heritage Trail, which will eventually create a trail loop of over 70 miles between Trenton and Philadelphia along the Delaware River.