UPCOMING CLOSURE (MILE 66.87) The D&L Trail will be CLOSED at the bottom of Sculac Road starting April 3, 2023 until Summer 2023 Monday to Friday from 7AM-4PM while construction crews perform emergency repair work to the drainage culvert under the trail. A non-ADA detour will be marked during closure periods to permit thru-travelers. Heavy machinery will be present and trail users should use care when navigating around the closure. Please contact Bethlehem Township with any questions: 610-814-6400
This section of trail contains is on historic canal towpath and the trail surface is narrow and in places has rocks and roots. It follows the canal towpath and passes Lock 44 and Lockhouse at the Freemansburg Education Center. Continuing east, the trail also passes Lock 45 and chimney remains of a lockhouse in Bethlehem Township.
The Freemansburg Trailhead, Nagy’s Landing Trailhead and Route 33 Boat Launch Trailhead are also Lehigh River Water Trail access points. Please refer to Wildlands Conservancy’s Lehigh River Water Trail website for more information on trips along the water trail.
