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Apr 21
2011

Boardwalk And South Street Ramp: More River Improvements


In July, the Boardwalk to South Street trail project connecting West Philadelphia and University City to the Banks will be bid. The Schuylkill Banks Development Corporation is working with the city to build a 2000-foot-long concrete structuring that will run parallel to the eastern shore of the Schuylkill from Locust Street to the South Street Bridge. Michael Baker Engineers will build a ramp to link the 15′-wide boardwalk for bikers and pedestrians who would otherwise block the trail.  Three points of access will be provided along with several overlook areas to enjoy the river view. The construction phase of the project is expected to take two years.

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  • _dan

    Awesome! Keep it up Philadelphia.

  • http://atmediadesign.com Tyler Westnedge

    looks amazing!

  • kittykatz

    This makes me so happy!

  • RunBikeSwim

    Looks great, though some of the lower lying areas of the current bike path get swamped during storms. Hopefully this boardwalk can handle those water-levels.

  • Kater Resident

    I hate to be a buzz kill, but this doesn’t further the development of the river front? There is already pathway at this point in the river! Wouldn’t it make more sense if the same resources would expand the river walk further south, spanning the area that is choked off by the CSX right away? The eventual goal of the walk way is to tie the river front at South Street to the property that was donated by DuPont, and eventually connecting to Bartram Gardens by a pedestrian bridge; somewhere down by the trolley works building (been long time since I have seen plan). Lets not waste scarce resources on a bridge to know where, but on the extension of a walkway that will eventually connect to the Delaware River.

  • Fritz

    This is about extending the southernmost part of the Schuylkill River Trail to the South St. bridge–it is expanding the river walk southward to the area choked off by the CSX right-of-way.

  • _dan

    There is no walkway at this point, hence the bridge. The round-about in the third photo is as far as it goes now, without crossing the tracks and continueing on sidewalks.

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  • http://www.heavybubble.com heavybubble

    Why do we continue to build recreational paths for cyclists and pedestrians? It’s asking for a battle. Peds walk four or more across maybe with double strollers and cyclists fly by at 8 miles an hour and peds get pissed. Divide the kinds of use please.

  • http://www.timbeverlinteam.com/2011/04/22/schuylkill-river-bank-boardwalk-project-gaining-speed/ Schuylkill River Bank Boardwalk Project Gaining Speed : Tim Beverlin Team

    [...] and offer some unique architecture to the landscape of Philadelphia. Want to know more? Follow this project’s progress and read up on other developments along the Schuylkill River at [...]

  • http://nakedphilly.com/grays-ferry/exploring-the-dupont-crescent-of-the-schuylkill-river-trail/ Sweating While Exploring the Dupont Crescent | NakedPhilly

    [...] with this isolated section of the trail nearly complete and the South St. boardwalk project coming up, the political will and financial wherewithal will materialize to fill the trail’s [...]

  • Vieux Pays

    So it was supposed to bid in July 2011.  So where are we now?  It’s almost March 2012.  I’m not aware of construction started.  This is the project that never gets started.

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