Rail-Trails Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York by Rails-to-Trails-Conservancy

Author:Rails-to-Trails-Conservancy
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: eBook ISBN: 9780899976679
Publisher: Wilderness Press
Published: 2011-06-13T16:00:00+00:00

Contact: The Arboretum at Penn State

Pennsylvania State University

336 Forest Resources Building

University Park, PA 16802

(814) 865-9118

www.arboretum.psu.edu

PENNSYLVANIA

Bristol Spurline Park

Location

Bucks County

Endpoints

Mill Street to Radcliffe Street in Bristol

Mileage

2.5

Roughness Index

1

Surface

Asphalt

This smooth, asphalt-surfaced trail connects with nearby ball fields, grassy parks, retirement communities and an elementary school.

Since it opened as a railroad spur in the 1800s, this pretty trail has always been about connections. In 1834, the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad launched the spur to carry goods from Bristol, Pennsylvania, then a bustling little port where the Delaware division of the Pennsylvania canal system met the tidewater of the Delaware River.

The canal still exists in Bristol, but the original main line of the Philadelphia and Trenton railroad was relocated in 1882. That line became Amtrak’s New York to Washington corridor, one of the most heavily traveled passenger railroad routes in the country. Conrail donated the old spur line to the town of Bristol, and the trail opened in 1980.

The path incorporates the rail corridor and some of the former canal towpath, carrying trail users to the Bristol Marsh, a unique and sensitive freshwater habitat. Traversing downtown Bristol, this residential trail eventually will provide public access to the Delaware River and waterfront at the end of Green Lane. This smooth, asphalt-surfaced trail also connects with nearby ball fields, grassy parks, retirement communities and an elementary school.

DIRECTIONS

From the Pennsylvania Turnpike, take the Bristol exit. Take Green Lane into the Borough of Bristol. Turn right on Radcliffe Street and continue through the historic district to the Bristol Spurline Park parking lot at the end of the street. Trailhead is marked at the parking lot.

This trail is wheelchair-accessible.

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