I lived in the Wissahickon area for about twelve years, and I used to walk along the Wissahickon Creek nearly every day. 

So I’m pleased to see that the park just rebuilt the pedestrian bridge that runs along part of the stream.

According to Billy Penn:

A section of Wissahickon Valley Park that exploded in popularity during the pandemic just got a major upgrade in the form of a new pedestrian bridge with an observation deck, a stream restoration, and a new trailhead.

The $3.5 million project revamped an area along the stream, Valley Green Run, that serves as an unofficial “front door” to the 2,000-acre, city-owned nature area in Northwest Philly.

The park draws more than 2 million visitors a year, putting heavy stress on its infrastructure, said Ruffian Tittmann, executive director of the nonprofit Friends of the Wissahickon. At times 1,000 people a day enter through the Valley Green Run area.

“These were two critical pieces of infrastructure improvement that needed to happen — restoration of the run and some sort of trail continuation,” Tittman said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony that drew several dozen people to the park Tuesday morning.