NOVEMBER 16, 2021
We are so happy to share the news that the long-awaited shared-use path connecting New Jersey's D&R Canal State Park to Pennsylvania's Delaware Canal State Park at Scudder Falls is NOW OPEN!  

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission formally opened the crossing during a well-attended public ribbon-cutting ceremony. The ceremonial ribbon was cut by Anne Scudder Smith, ninth-generation descendant of early Ewing Township settler Richard Betts Scudder and the granddaughter of John Montgomery Scott who cut the opening-day ribbon on the first Scudder Falls Bridge in June 1961. The new river link makes Scudder Falls the only river crossing allowing bicyclists to pedal across without dismounting their bikes. John Cecil, the Director of the Division of Parks and Forestry, gave remarks at the opening ceremony on the importance of this new connection. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Historic Preservation Office, Green Acres Program, and Division of Parks and Forestry were integral in the planning and coordination of this project with the New Jersey Department of Transportation and the Joint Toll Bridge Commission.

We are pleased to add this new loop trail crossing the Delaware River to the five others that link the D&R Canal State Park to the Delaware Canal State Park! Use it well and ENJOY!

Read more about it:  COMMISSION OPENS NEW DELAWARE RIVER CROSSING FOR WALKERS, BICYCLISTS, SIGHTSEERS AT SCUDDER FALLS