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UID:294@newtonconservators.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210617T100000
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URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/pony-truss-trail-and-bridge-ribb
 on-cutting-ceremony/
SUMMARY:Pony Truss Trail and Bridge Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:A ribbon cutting ceremony for the recently completed Pony Truss
  Trail will be held on Thursday morning\, June 17\, 2021 from 10 am to Noo
 n.  Please join Massachusetts DCR Commissioner James Montgomery\,  EEA A
 ssistant Secretary Kurt Gaetner\,  State Representative Kay Khan\, Newton
  Mayor Ruthanne Fuller\, the Riverside Greenway Working Group (RGWG)\,  N
 ewton Conservators and others to celebrate the restoration of the historic
  Pony Truss Trail completed In March 2021 with grants from the Mass DCR Re
 creational Trails Program and Solomon Foundation.  Following the ceremony
 \, tours of the trail will be available.\n\nSince the 1850s the Pony Truss
  Bridge and Pony Truss Trail brought folks to the banks of the Charles Riv
 er Lakes District to walk\, boat\, and enjoy the beauty of the Charles Riv
 er.  The Pony-Truss trail\, named after the key trail landmark the Pony 
 Truss Bridge\, is identifiable on maps dating back to 1875\; it provided a
  footpath for canoeists traveling from Boston on the trolley to Riverside 
 Depot to walk to boathouses at Riverside Park across the Pony-truss bridge
 .\n\nThe rerouting of the Lower Falls Branch of the Boston &amp\; Albany R
 ailroad to its current location on the Newton (south) side of the Charles 
 created a steep slope (approximately 40%) above the trail. Much of the tra
 il overlies a sewer right-of-way parallel to the River edge. The trail is 
 almost entirely on land owned and managed by the Department of Conservatio
 n and Recreation (DCR). The trail segment from Riverside Station and the T
 wo Bridges Trail where box stairs will be built is owned by the Mass DOT. 
 The entire trail is under the purview of the Newton Conservation Commissio
 n.\n\nWith the restored Pony Truss Bridge in 2013 and now the Pony Truss T
 rail in 2021\, together with planned trail connections in the next few yea
 rs\, the legacy of “The Riverside Recreation Grounds” as the “Rivers
 ide Greenway” is being restored.  Instrumental in this process has been
  the Riverside Greenway Working Group of which Newton Conservators is a  
 member along with the Solomon Foundation and others.\n\nDirections:  For
  the location of Riverside Park use this link: https://goo.gl/maps/nWmmRm3
 YxAoaSVi86.  Access the park from Recreation Road on the North side of Le
 o J Martin Golf Course\; or from Grove St take the access road (I-95 North
 \, stay to the right after passing under the RR Bridge.  Park in the lot
  for Riverside Park or along the access road from Grove St.\n\n
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CATEGORIES:DCR Event,Recreation,RGWG Event,Special Events
LOCATION:Riverside Park\, Recreation Road\, Weston\, MA\, United States
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