The is a
Suburban Trail under construction in southeastern
Pennsylvania ,
United States .
When complete it will cover 25 miles (40 kilometres) in suburban southeastern
Pennsylvania , traveling from
East Norriton Township in
Montgomery County to
Quakertown in
Bucks County .
It was proposed in
1996 , and partially follows the former path of the now defunct Liberty Bell Trolley Route, which had been operated by the
Lehigh Valley Transit Company from around
1900 to
1951 .
The
Tram route was named by the company for the
Liberty Bell because a branch of it followed
Bethlehem Pike , the road along which the bell was transported in October 1777 when it was being moved from
Philadelphia to Northamptontown (now
Allentown ) for safe keeping shortly before the British occupation of Philadelphia during the
American Revolutionary War . The trail has been named for both the trolley route and the bell.
The route passes through 15 municipalities (from south to north):
