When completed in Chester County, the trail will parallel the Schuylkill River from the Route 422 bridge at Pottstown, south to the Route 29 bridge into Mont Clare. The
Schuylkill River Trail Overview map shows the proposed alignment for an approximately 10 mile trail segment from Phoenixville to Pottstown. Currently 5.75 miles of trail are open in Chester County.
More information about the status of the trail in other counties is available from the
Schuylkill River Heritage Area website.
On October 25, 2011, the Chester County Commissioners visited Spring City Borough to announce the new infrastructure improvements to assist the Borough, and to further regional trail efforts. At a press conference at Riversedge Shopping Center, the Commissioners officially dedicated the first phase of the Schuylkill River Trail in the County. The County completed 5.6 miles of the regional trail, which will ultimately run from Pottsville in Schuylkill County to the Delaware River in Philadelphia.
Chester County’s portion includes the
Cromby trailhead, located on Township Line Road in East Pikeland Township, northward to Parkerford, south of Linfield Road in East Coventry Township. Cost of the first-phase trail construction was $1.9 million, and the County received $406,000 from PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to complete what the Commonwealth considers to be an important segment of the trail.