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The Power Line Trail is a
multi-use trail A shared-use path, mixed-use path or multi-use pathway is a path which is 'designed to accommodate the movement of pedestrians and cyclists'. Examples of shared-use paths include sidewalks designated as shared-use, bridleways and rail trails. A ...
located in
Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Horsham Township is a home rule municipality in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is located ten miles north of Center City Philadelphia. The township, incorporated in 1717, is one of the oldest original municipalities in Montgomery County. Altho ...
. It follows a
PECO Energy PECO, formerly the Philadelphia Electric Company, is an energy company founded in 1881 and incorporated in 1929. It became part of Exelon Corporation in 2000 when it merged with Commonwealth Edison's holding company Unicom Corp. The company has ...
right-of-way through the township.


History and features

In 2007, PECO Energy provided a $10,000 grant to Horsham Township to pay for half of the estimated $20,000 cost to build two trails that would connect the Power Line Trail to the township's Simmons Elementary School and to Horsham Township Library. The Power Line Trail, which currently consists of six segments that, combined, equal a total length of , links multiple parks and other points of interest in Horsham Township including Cedar Hill Road Park, Kohler Park, the Horsham Township Building, the LoHo neighborhood, Deep Meadow Park, Hatboro-Horsham High School, Simmons Elementary, the Horsham Township Library, the Jarrett Nature Center, Jarrett Road Park, and Lukens Park. The trail is planned to extend west into Montgomery and Upper Gwynedd townships to connect to the US 202 Parkway Trail and east into Upper Moreland Township to connect to the Pennypack Trail and
Cross County Trail The Cross County Trail is a multi-use trail located in Plymouth Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The trail starts at its junction with the Schuylkill River Trail and runs north to its current terminus at Germantown Pike for a length of ...
.


References

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